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Riachuelo, Sergipe
Riachuelo is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Sergipe. Its population was 10,284 (2020) and covers . Riachuelo has a population density of 130 inhabitants per square kilometer. Riachuelo is located from the state capital of Sergipe, Aracaju. Riachuelo borders the municipalities of Laranjeiras, Divina Pastora, Santa Rosa de Lima, and Areia Branca Areia Branca may refer to: * Areia Branca (Rio Grande do Norte) Areia Branca is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in the Northeast region of Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Port ..., all within the state of Sergipe. The municipality is site of the Nossa Senhora da Penha Sugar Plantation and the Chapel of the Nossa Senhora da Penha Sugar Plantation. The chapel was listed as a historic structure by National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage (IPHAN) in 1943, but has fallen into an advanced state of neglect and decay and is considered abando ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Brazil
The municipalities of Brazil ( pt, municípios do Brasil) are administrative divisions of the states of Brazil, Brazilian states. Brazil currently has 5,570 municipalities, which, given the 2019 population estimate of 210,147,125, makes an average municipality population of 37,728 inhabitants. The average state in Brazil has 214 municipalities. Roraima is the least subdivided state, with 15 municipalities, while Minas Gerais is the most subdivided state, with 853. The Federal District (Brazil), Federal District cannot be divided into Municipality, municipalities, which is why its territory is composed of several Administrative regions of the Federal District (Brazil), administrative regions. These regions are directly managed by the government of the Federal District, which exercises constitutional and legal powers that are equivalent to those of the Federated state, states, as well as those of the Municipality, municipalities, thus simultaneously assuming all the obligations a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Divina Pastora
Divina Pastora is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality located in the States of Brazil, Brazilian state of Sergipe. The Parish Church of Our Lady of the Divine Shepherd (''Igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora Divina Pastora''), a listed historic structure by the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage (IPHAN), was constructed in the late 18th century and is located at the east of the city center. Its population was 5,215 (2020) and its area is .Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, IBGE - See also *Divina Pastora (Barquisimeto) References Municipalities in Sergipe {{Sergipe-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities In Sergipe
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the governing body of a given municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district. The term is derived from French and Latin . The English word ''municipality'' derives from the Latin social contract (derived from a word meaning "duty holders"), referring to the Latin communities that supplied Rome with troops in exchange for their own incorporation into the Roman state (granting Roman citizenship to the inhabitants) while permitting the communities to retain their own local governments (a limited autonomy). A municipality can be any political jurisdiction, from a sovereign state such as the Principality of Monaco, to a small village such as West Hampton Dunes, New Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Institute Of Historic And Artistic Heritage
The National Historic and Artistic Heritage Institute (, IPHAN) is a heritage register of the federal government of Brazil. It is responsible for the preservation of buildings, monuments, structures, objects and sites, as well as the register and safeguard of intangible cultural heritage deemed of historic or cultural importance to the country. IPHAN maintains 1,047 sites, which include historic buildings, city centers, and landscapes. It additional lists a growing number of intangible cultural heritage entities. The presidency of the institute was held by only two individuals over its first forty years. Rodrigo Melo Franco led SPHAN/IPHAN from 1937 until his retirement in 1967; his successor was the architect Renato Soeiro, who led the institute from 1967 to 1979. History Inspetoria de Monumentos Nacionais The federal agency dedicated to the preservation of historic sites Brazil was created in 1933 under the name Inspetoria de Monumentos Nacionais (IMN). It was established as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chapel Of The Nossa Senhora Da Penha Sugar Plantation
The Chapel of the Nossa Senhora da Penha Sugar Plantation ( pt, Capela do Engenho Nossa Senhora da Penha) is an 18th-century Roman Catholic church in the city of Riachuelo, Sergipe, Brazil. It is located approximately from the state capital of Aracaju at the border of the municipalities of Riachuelo and Malhador. It was built as part of the Nossa Senhora da Penha Sugar Plantation and was listed as a historic structure by National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage (IPHAN) in 1943. It has fallen into an advanced state of neglect and decay and is considered abandoned. History The chapel is the sole remaining structure of the Nossa Senhora da Penha Sugar Plantation. The plantation was founded during the period of expansion of sugar cane production in Sergipe. Plantations were built along the Cotinguiba and Sergipe rivers and African slaves were brought to the state via Bahia. A deed dated 1780 indicated that the plantation belonged to Ventura Rabelo Leite de Sampai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nossa Senhora Da Penha Sugar Plantation
''Nossa'' is a genus of moths in the family Epicopeiidae. The genus was described by William Forsell Kirby in 1892. Species *'' Nossa alpherakii'' (Herz, 1904) *'' Nossa moorei'' (Elwes, 1890) *'' Nossa nagaensis'' (Elwes, 1890) *'' Nossa nelcinna'' (Moore, 875 *'' Nossa palaearctica'' ( Staudinger, 1887) Former species * ''Nossa chinensis'' * ''Nossa leechii ''Nossa nelcinna'' is a moth in the family Epicopeiidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1875. It is found in the north-western Himalayas and China. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from ...'' References External links * Epicopeiidae Moth genera {{Geometroidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Areia Branca, Sergipe
Areia Branca is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Sergipe. Its population was 18,686 (2020) and it covers . Areia Branca has a population density of 120 inhabitants per square kilometer. It is located from the state capital of Sergipe, Aracaju. The municipality contains part of the Serra de Itabaiana National Park Serra de Itabaiana National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional Serra de Itabaiana) is a national park in the state of Sergipe, Brazil. Location The park lies in the Atlantic Forest biome, and covers . It was created on 15 June 2005, and is administered b .... References Municipalities in Sergipe Populated places established in 1963 {{Sergipe-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Rosa De Lima, Sergipe
Santa Rosa de Lima is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Sergipe. Its population was 3,923 in 2020, and its area is 68 km².IBGE The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics ( pt, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística; IBGE) is the agency responsible for official collection of statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information ... /ref> References {{Sergipe-geo-stub Municipalities in Sergipe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laranjeiras, Sergipe
Laranjeiras (''English'': Orange trees) is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Sergipe. Its population was 30,080 (2020) and covers . Laranjeiras has a population density of 180 inhabitants per square kilometer. Laranjeiras is located from the state capital of Sergipe, Aracaju. It borders the municipalities of Riachuelo, Areia Branca, Nossa Senhora do Socorro, São Cristóvão, Maruim, and Santo Amaro das Brotas, all within the state of Sergipe. The municipality contains part of the Serra de Itabaiana National Park. History Cristóvão de Barros killed or expelled the indigenous population of the Laranjeiras area around 1530. The Portuguese soon settled on the Cotinguiba River and built a small port, called the Porto de Laranjeiras, after numerous orange trees near the port. The port became a center of the slave trade in Sergipe as a result of its access to the interior and the Atlantic Ocean. The region was intensively attacked by the Dutch from 1637; they on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergipe
Sergipe (), officially State of Sergipe, is a state of Brazil. Located in the Northeast Region along the Atlantic coast of the country, Sergipe is the smallest state in Brazil by geographical area at , larger only than the Federal District. Sergipe borders Bahia to the south and west and Alagoas to the north. Aracaju is the capital and the largest city in the state; the state is divided into 75 municipalities. The state has 1.1% of the Brazilian population and produces only 0.6% of the Brazilian GDP. Geography As with most of the states in northeastern Brazil, inland Sergipe is almost entirely savanna (''caatinga''), and its coastline is characterized 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 Atlanti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aracaju
Aracaju () is the capital of the state of Sergipe, Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country on the coast, about 350 km (217 mi) north of Salvador. According to the 2020 estimate, the city has 664,908 inhabitants, which represents approximately 33% of the state population. Adding to the populations of the municipalities forming the Metropolitan area: Barra dos Coqueiros, Nossa Senhora do Socorro and São Cristóvão. Its Metropolitan Cathedral Nossa Senhora da Conceiçao, dedicated to Our Lady of Immaculate Conception, is the archiepiscopal see of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Aracaju. History The extinct unclassified Boime language (also spelled ''Poyme'') was spoken by indigenous peoples near Aracajú on the São Francisco River. The land of present-day Aracaju was located in a ''sesmaria'' given to Pero Gonçalves by the Portuguese crown around 1602. The land consisted of of coastline with small fishing villages. A village called Santo Antôn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time In Brazil
Time in Brazil is calculated using standard time, and the country (including its offshore islands) is divided into four standard time zones: UTC−02:00, UTC−03:00, UTC−04:00 and UTC−05:00. Time zones Fernando de Noronha time (UTC−02:00) This is the standard time zone only on a few small offshore Atlantic islands. The only such island with a permanent population is Fernando de Noronha, with 3,140 inhabitants (2021 estimate), 0.0015% of Brazil's population.Population estimates Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, 2021. The other islands ( |
