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Sergipe (pron. IPA: [sɛx.'ʒi.pi] [1]) (originally Sergipe D'El-Rey), is the smallest state of Brazil, located on the northeastern Atlantic coast of the country. It borders on two other states, Bahia in the South and West and Alagoas in the North, and in the East on the Atlantic. Aracaju is the capital and the largest city of the state. Its population includes about three-quarters black and mixed race people. Image File history File links Bandeira_de_Sergipe. ...
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Motto: Pax et Labore Location of Aracaju Coordinates: , Country Region State Sergipe Founded 1592 Incorporated (as capital) March 17, 1855 Government - Mayor Edvaldo Nogueira PC do B Elevation 4. ...
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Brazil is divided into twenty-six estados (states; singular estado) and one district, the Distrito Federal (Federal District) which contains the capital city, BrasÃlia. ...
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Flag of Bahia See other Brazilian States Capital Salvador Largest City Salvador Area 564 273 km² Population - Total - Density 13 070 250 23. ...
Flag of Alagoas See other Brazilian States Capital Maceió Largest City Maceió Area 27 818 km² Population - Total - Density 2 822 621 101. ...
Motto: Pax et Labore Location of Aracaju Coordinates: , Country Region State Sergipe Founded 1592 Incorporated (as capital) March 17, 1855 Government - Mayor Edvaldo Nogueira PC do B Elevation 4. ...
Geography
As with most of the states in northeastern Brazil, inland Sergipe is almost entirely savanna (caatinga), and its coastline is characterised by mangroves, swamps and sandy beaches. A small strip of tropical rainforest runs down the coast. The São Francisco River forms its northern boundary, and the drainage of the northern part of the state is northward and eastward to that river. The southern half of the state slopes eastward and is drained directly into the Atlantic through a number of small rivers, the largest of which are the Irapiranga (whose source in the state of Bahia is called Vasa Barris at its mouth), the Real and the Cotinguiba. These streams are navigable for short distances, but are obstructed by sand bars at their mouths, that of Cotinguiba being especially dangerous. The surface of the state resembles in part that of Bahia, with a zone of forested lands near the coast and back of this a higher zone of rough open country, called agreste. There is a sandy belt along the coast, and the western frontier is slightly mountainous. The intermediate lands are highly fertile, especially in the forested region where the rainfall is abundant. Further inland the year is divided into wet and dry seasons with occasional prolonged droughts. These districts are pastoral, and the lower fertile lands are cultivated. There are no good ports on the coast because of the bars at the mouths of the rivers. “Savannah†redirects here. ...
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Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests of the world Amazon river rain forest in Brazil Tropical rainforests are rainforests generally found near the equator. ...
The São Francisco River is a river in Brazil with a length of 3,160 kilometres. ...
It comprehends the entire region of Northwest region (except the west of Maranhão; see Portuguese; the first Brazilian capital was Salvador. ...
Titians The Pastoral Concert Pastoral refers to the lifestyle of shepherds and pastoralists, moving livestock around larger areas of land according to seasons and availability of water and feed. ...
The capital of the state is Aracaju (pop. 479 767 in 2003), on the lower course or estuary of the Cotinguiba River, near the coast. The sandbar at the entrance to this river is exceptionally dangerous, and the port is frequented only by coasting vessels of light draught. The town stands on a sandy plain, and there are sand dunes within the city limits. The public buildings are a large plain church with unfinished twin towers, the government palace, the legislative halls, a public school and public hospital. Motto: Pax et Labore Location of Aracaju Coordinates: , Country Region State Sergipe Founded 1592 Incorporated (as capital) March 17, 1855 Government - Mayor Edvaldo Nogueira PC do B Elevation 4. ...
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The other principal towns are Estância (pop. 62,218 in 2005) on the Rio Real in the southern part of the state, with manufacture of cotton textiles, cigars and cigarettes and soap and an active trade; Laranjeiras (pop. 26,452 in 2005), in a highly productive sugar district north of the capital; Capela (pop. 27,403 in 2005); Simão Dias (pop. 39,706 in 2005); Lagarto (pop. 90,345 in 2005); São Cristóvão, formerly Sergipe d'el-Rey (pop. 75,353 in 2005), the old colonial capital near the mouth of the Irapiranga; and Maruim (pop. 15,937 in 2005). The title of this article contains the character â. Where it is unavailable or not desired, the name may be represented as Estancia. ...
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Laranjeiras is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Sergipe. ...
Capela is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Sergipe. ...
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Lagarto is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Sergipe. ...
São Cristóvão is a Brazilian city in the northeastern state of Sergipe. ...
Maruim is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Sergipe. ...
- See also List of municipalities in Sergipe (SE), Brazil.
Municipalities of Sergipe, Brazil This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Sergipe (SE), Brazil. ...
History São Cristóvão was the site of the first settlement by the Portuguese, in 1591 in Europeans in Sergipe D'El-Rey, what is today Sergipe. (The name Sergipe is actually a Tupi word, meaning river of "crab".) The city, which served as the provincial capital, has been designated a National monument to preserve its colonial architecture. Among the important sacred buildings are the Church and Convent of São Francisco, which date from 1693; the Santa Casa de Miseracordia from the 17th century; the Chapel of Our Lady of Conception, from 1751; the Mother Church of Our Lady of Victory, from 1766; and several other important churches from the 18th century, including the Church of Our Lady of the Black Men's Rosary; the Church of Our Lady of Amparo; and the Monastery of São Bento. The Museum of Sacred Art, in the Church and Convent of São Francisco, is considered the third most important in Brazil. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 585 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ...
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Motto: Pax et Labore Location of Aracaju Coordinates: , Country Region State Sergipe Founded 1592 Incorporated (as capital) March 17, 1855 Government - Mayor Edvaldo Nogueira PC do B Elevation 4. ...
São Cristóvão is a Brazilian city in the northeastern state of Sergipe. ...
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The Tupi language group consists of 6 languages in the Tupi-Guarani sublanguage family: Tupi Antigo, Nhengatu, Tupinkin, Potiguara, Omagua, and Cocoma. ...
Superfamilies Dromiacea Homolodromioidea Dromioidea Homoloidea Eubrachyura Raninoidea Cyclodorippoidea Dorippoidea Calappoidea Leucosioidea Majoidea Hymenosomatoidea Parthenopoidea Retroplumoidea Cancroidea Portunoidea Bythograeoidea Xanthoidea Bellioidea Potamoidea Pseudothelphusoidea Gecarcinucoidea Cryptochiroidea Pinnotheroidea * Ocypodoidea * Grapsoidea * An asterisk (*) marks the crabs included in the clade Thoracotremata. ...
As with other states in the northeast, Sergipe was invaded numerous times by the Dutch, and frequently raided by French buccaneers. During the 1600s, the state was known throughout the Americas for its king-wood, a prized commodity that was the primary attraction in the buccaneer raids, and probably a factor in Dutch military expeditions. By 1700s, the Portuguese military had driven off the pirates permanently. This article refers to the type of pirate. ...
Many inventions and institutions are created, including Hans Lippershey with the telescope (1608, used by Galileo the next year), the newspaper Avisa Relation oder Zeitung in Augsburg, and Cornelius Drebbel with the thermostat (1609). ...
Events and trends The Bonneville Slide blocks the Columbia River near the site of present-day Cascade Locks, Oregon with a land bridge 200 feet (60 m) high. ...
In the 1930s Sergipe became notorious for its outlaws, including Virgolino Ferreira da Silva, - better known as Lampião, the "King of Bandits", who terrorised the state for almost a decade until his beheading by the Brazilian police in 1938. His head was later displayed on a pole in a village square. The 1930s (years from 1930–1939) were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression, also known as the World Depression. ...
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Lampião Lampião (Oil Lamp in Portuguese) was the nickname of Captain Virgulino Ferreira da Silva, the most famous leader of a Cangaço band (marauders and outlaws who terrorized the Brazilian Northeast in the 1930s). ...
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Demographics According to the IBGE of 2006, there were 1.970.371 people residing in the state. The population density was 81.46 inh./km². The last PNAD (National Research for Sample of Domiciles) census revealed the following numbers: 557.614 thousand White people (28.3%), 1.314.237 million Pardo (Brown) people (66.7%), 90 thousand Black people (4.6%), 7 thousand Asian or Amerindian people (0.4%).[2] Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ...
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Motto: Pax et Labore Location of Aracaju Coordinates: , Country Region State Sergipe Founded 1592 Incorporated (as capital) March 17, 1855 Government - Mayor Edvaldo Nogueira PC do B Elevation 4. ...
IBGE, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica), is the agency responsible for statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information in Brazil. ...
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The majority of the Whites of the state is of Portuguese descent. The Pardos are a mixture of Europeans with the Blacks and Amerindians, varying of clear to dark, being able to have a yellowish or brown skin. The Blacks are of African descent. This article does not cite its references or sources. ...
Pardos was the catepan of Italy briefly in 1042 following the short term of the brilliant George Maniaches. ...
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Economy Sergipe's economy is focused around the production of sugarcane, and the enormous cane fields, taking advantage of the wet and fertile soil, produce over 1.4 million tons of sugar annually. Unlike in many Brazilian states, cattle is not a major industry, as the land area of the state prevents large scale grazing. Along with sugarcane, cassava (617,400 tons annually) and oranges (14.4 million oranges annually) are grown. A small-scale leather and textiles industry also exists. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 200 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ...
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Species Saccharum arundinaceum Saccharum bengalense Saccharum edule Saccharum officinarum Saccharum procerum Saccharum ravennae Saccharum robustum Saccharum sinense Saccharum spontaneum Sugarcane or Sugar cane (Saccharum) is a genus of 6 to 37 species (depending on taxonomic interpretation) of tall perennial grasses (family Poaceae, tribe Andropogoneae), native to warm temperate to tropical...
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Binomial name (L.) Osbeck Orange—specifically, sweet orange—refers to the citrus tree Citrus sinensis (syn. ...
Modern leather-working tools Leather is a material created through the tanning of hides and skins of animals, primarily cattlehide. ...
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The Brazilian federal government is also encouraging the development of a fledgling petroleum and natural gas industry. Pumpjack pumping an oil well near Lubbock, Texas Ignacy Åukasiewicz - inventor of the refining of kerosene from crude oil. ...
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Education Portuguese language is the official language of schools. But English language and Spanish language are part of the official high school curriculum. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 564 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (960 × 1020 pixel, file size: 321 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ...
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Colleges and universities - Federal University of Sergipe (UFS);
- Tiradentes University (Unit);
- São Luís College;
- Sociedade de Ensino Superior de Sergipe.
Infrastructure
National Airport Aracaju Airport. It inaugurated in 30 of October of 1952 with a trail of landing and take-off of 1200 uetros, the airport did not have an estradade of access until 1958, on the occasion of his fact operating efficiency was employed. In 1961, to present trail suffered his first enlargement, passing it have 1500 meters and a terminal of passengers was built in 1962. In the epoch to of Sergipe capital counted on the most modern airport of the northeast region of Brazil. In February 1975 the airport passes it to be administered by the INFRAERO.
Tourism
São Cristóvão Having become listed as a historical treasure by the Instituto do Patrimônio histórico e Artístico Nacional - IPHAN (The Brazilian National Historical and Artistical Heritage Institute) in 1939, São Cristóvão is located at about 25 km (15.53 mi.) from Aracaju. The first capital of the state of Sergipe, the town is also the fourth oldest town in Brazil. The development of the town occurred following the Portuguese urban model, that is, in two plans: the higher town, where the headquarters of the civil and religious powers are; and lower town, with the harbour, the factories, and the low income population. The town of São Cristóvão preserves an incredible patrimony of sacred art. The museum found inside the São Francisco Church and Convent (Saint Francis Church and Convent) is considered the third most important of its kind in the Country because of the quality and number of articles in exhibition. Most of the monuments in São Cristóvão are concentrated around the São Francisco Square, which makes it the town’s historical centre. Among the constructions, the Santa Casa da Misericórdia (literally, Holy House of Mercy) stands out in its beautiful Baroque group built in the seventeenth century; and so does the São Francisco Church and Convent, dating back to 1693, in the place where today there is the Sacred Art Museum. In the town, tourists can also visit the History Museum, which works in the old provincial palace; and the Ex-Votos Museum (Museum of the Votive Offerings), in the Carmo Church and Convent. There, tourists experience the symbolism of the North-eastern Culture and the power of its faith. Among the other constructions that also deserve a visit, there are the churches of Nossa Senhora da Vitória (Our Lady of Victory), of Nossa Senhora do Rosário dos Homens Pretos (Our Lady of the Rosary of the Black Men); the São Bento Monastery (Saint Benedict Monastery); and the Convent of the Third Carmelite Order. Another must see are the typical two-storied houses. The most important ones are the one where the old public jailhouse was located; the one of the Flores street; the one on Castro Alves street; and Sobrado de Balcão Corrido (Two-storied house of Continuous Balcony), with strong Moorish influence, probably from the nineteenth century. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 291 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ...
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Xingó Canyon Landscape, rocky formations, crystal clear waters, ecological trails, Caatinga Theme Park, exuberant vegetation and diversified fauna and flora: this is Xingó, located in Canindé do São Francisco – on the banks of the lengthy and well-known São Francisco river. To navigate between the rocks of this gigantic cliff embedded in the middle of Sergipe’s Alto Sertão is an unforgettable experience. There are imposing valleys forming a 50 m-high canyon, surrounding a lake that, in certain points, reaches a depth of 190m. Nests of herons and fluvial islands complete the spectacle. The rocks guard traces of the area’s first inhabitants who lived there more than 8,000 years ago. There are also traces of Lampião’s stay there with his gang of outlaws in less remote times. Angico trail, in Poço Redondo, leads to the cavern of the same name, where Lampião, Maria Bonita and nine other outlaws lost their lives. Located in the town of Canindé do São Francisco, 213 km (132 miles) from Aracaju, Xingó Canyon is one of the most famous rocky formations in the area, embellishing the landscape of the dry Northeastern backwoods. It is hot all year round, but the strong wind blowing from December to January keeps temperatures at a very comfortable level. Between May and August, it rains frequently. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1632 × 1224 pixel, file size: 350 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ...
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Flag The stars on the flag of Sergipe represent the number of river estuaries in the state, and the green and yellow stripes represent Sergipe's union with the rest of Brazil. It was designed by José Rodrigues Bastos Coelho, a businessman who felt that Brazilian ships should carry flags to identify their state of origin. It was officially adopted on October 19, 1920. For other uses, see River (disambiguation). ...
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is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...
In 1937, dictator Getúlio Vargas abolished all state flags and symbols, but they were allowed again in 1946. In 1951, when the Sergipe legislature began to consider restoring the state flag, it decided to change the number of stars, so that there would be one for every municipality in the state. In 1952, this new design was scrapped and replaced by the original 5 star design. Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Getúlio Dornelles Vargas (pron. ...
Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly referring to a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them. ...
Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Sources and external links - This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
- Brazilian embassy in London's Sergipe page
- (Portuguese) Government of Sergipe's homepage
- (Portuguese) History of Colonial Sergipe
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Notes - ^ The presented pronunciation is in Brazilian Portuguese variant spoken in Sergipe. The European Portuguese pronunciation is: /sɛɾ.'ʒi.p(ɨ)/.
- ^ Demographics
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