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Porto da Folha is a
Porto da Folha is a municipality
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 go ...
located in the Brazilian state
The federative units of Brazil ( pt, unidades federativas do Brasil) are subnational entities with a certain degree of autonomy (self-government, self-regulation and self-collection) and endowed with their own government and constitution, which ...
of 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. Serg ...
. It has a population of 28,693 (2020) and cover . Porto da Folha has a population density of 33 inhabitants per square kilometer. It is located from the state capital of Sergipe, 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 re ...
.
The Igreja da Ilha de São Pedro dates to the beginning of the colonization of the region in the 18th century. The church is constructed of local stone masonry. It was designated a historic site by the State of Sergipe in 1984 and restored in 2011. A ruin beside the church may have been the monastery of the Capuchin friars, the earliest European settlers in the region.
Porto da Folha is home to the Xokó people, an indigenous group of 340 people. The Xokó live in the villages of São Pedro and Caiçara, both within Porto da Folha. Most of the community lives on Ilha de São Pedro.
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Municipalities in Sergipe Populated places established in 1835 {{Sergipe-geo-stub