Riachuelo 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 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 ...

. 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 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 st ...

, 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 abandoned.

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Municipalities in Sergipe Populated places established in 1874 1874 establishments in Brazil {{Sergipe-geo-stub