Mainly a middle class district, it has been historically inhabited by Portuguese immigrant families and the families of military officers.
Combat capitalism that binds thousands of Portuguese families and put in check the nation, companies and national work.
They hardly ever visit, or receive visits-never men, at least in very few Portuguese families.
Unlike previous trends, in the south entire Portuguese families came to seek a better life for themselves, not just men.
This figure shows that, for the first time in Brazil's history, large numbers of Portuguese families were settling in Brazil.
In Portuguese families men often kiss men, but the handshake is the most common salutation between them.
The family settled in the Ironbound section of Newark, a neighborhood dominated by Portuguese families.
The cultural backgrounds in the area are rich in Polish, Italian and Portuguese working-class families.
The company was also required to settle 1,000 Portuguese families and provide education and public administration in its territory.
Nor was it unusual to see the harbor choked with fishing boats, most owned by the 350 or more Portuguese families who once lived here.