The Jaguaripe River () is a river located in

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 ...

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. It is administered by the state of Bahia under Region of Planning and Water Management IX, the Recôncavo Sul. The river derives its name from the

Tupi language Old Tupi, Ancient Tupi or Classical Tupi (also spelled as Tupí) is an extinct Tupian language which was spoken by the aboriginal Tupi people of Brazil, mostly those who inhabited coastal regions in South and Southeast Brazil. It belongs to the ...

term ''îagûarype'', meaning "in the river of jaguars" (îagûara, jaguar + 'y, river + pe, em). The river extends from the municipality

Castro Alves Antônio Frederico de Castro Alves (14 March 1847 – 6 July 1871) was a Brazilian poet and playwright, famous for his Abolitionism, abolitionist and Republicanism, republican poems. One of the most famous poets of the "Condorism", he won the ...

and empties into the

Bay of All Saints The Bay of All Saints ( pt, Baía de Todos os Santos), also known as All Saints' Bay and Todos os Santos Bay, is the principal bay of the Brazilian state of Bahia, to which it gave its name. It sits on the eastern coast of Brazil, surrounding pa ...

. It is one of three large rivers that flow into the bay, the others being the Paraguaçu and the Subaé. The Rio da Dona flows parallel to the Jaguaripe, and joins its near the mouth of the bay. The river basin was home to speakers of

Macro-Jê languages Macro-Jê (also spelled Macro-Gê) is a medium-sized language stock in South America, mostly in Brazil but also in the Chiquitanía region in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, as well as (formerly) in small parts of Argentina and Paraguay. It is centered o ...

, ancient inhabitants of the Recôncavo Baiano region. They were expelled by the

Tupi people A subdivision of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic families, the Tupi people were one of the largest groups of indigenous Brazilians before its colonization. Scholars believe that while they first settled in the Amazon rainforest, from about 2,900 ...

, who emerged from the Amazon in approximately the 11th century. The Portuguese arrived in the 16th century and encountered Tupinambá settlements. The river became home to important commercial centers, with Nazare das Farinhas near its source; Maragogipinho, a district of Aratuípe to the southeast; and

Jaguaripe Jaguaripe is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. It covers , and has a population of 18,981 with a population density of 18.32 inhabitants per square kilometer. Jaguaripe is located from the state capital of ...

near the mouth of the river at the Bay of All Saints. The river has rich stands of mangroves among much of its lengths, as well as several small islands: the Paraíso, Carapeba, Santo Antônio de Jiribatuba, and Matarandiba. The Jaguaripe terminates at the Funil Bridge, which connects the Bahian mainland to the island of Itaparica.

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