Aporá is a
municipality
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Bahia
Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (sta ...
in the
North-East region of
Brazil
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.
The city population was 17 085 and its area is 572 km
2 (29.36 inhabitants per km
2) according to the 2002 census. Aporá was emancipated from the municipality of
Inhambupe
Inhambupe is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the states of Brazil, state of Bahia in the Nordeste, North-East region of Brazil.
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*List of municipalities in Bahia
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on 14 August 1958 by municipal Resolution 89, and Aporá was created by Resolution 1021, signed on the same date.
To the north it is bordered by
Crisópolis, to the south and west by
Inhambupe
Inhambupe is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the states of Brazil, state of Bahia in the Nordeste, North-East region of Brazil.
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*List of municipalities in Bahia
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, to the east by
Esplanada
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*List of municipalities in Bahia
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Populated coastal places in Bahia
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, the northeast by
Acajutiba, the northwest by
Olindina and the southeast by
Entre Rios.
Folklore
Two books recounting histories, legends and stories about Aporá have been published. One was a work written by the pupils of the city's Golden College, titled "Basic Information on Aporá", and the other is called "Ao Lusco Fusco" (At Twilight), from author Selma Oliveira de Mendonça, in which she describes the origins of the name "Aporá" and presents traditional legends and customs of the city. A famous legend in the local folklore is the "Serpent of the Lagoon", the story of a newborn rejected by its mother, who throws it in a lagoon, and later summoned by a priest to come out of the waters, raising instead as a fire-breathing serpent that attacks the neglectful mother.
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Municipalities in Bahia
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