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Serra da Barriga is a mountain range located in the municipality of União dos Palmares, in the Brazilian state of Alagoas. It is best known for being the location of a fortified settlement known as Cerca do Macaco under the control of the Palmares, an established group of fugitives and escaped slaves. At the time of the Palmares, it was a part of the state of Pernambuco. The final assault on the mountain occurred in January 1694, and was led by the Portuguese Bandeirante Domingos Jorge Velho. The mountain was listed in the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage (IPHAN) in 1986.
The Serra da Barriga is part of the Southern
Serra da Barriga is a mountain range located in the municipality of União dos Palmares, in the Brazilian state of Alagoas. It is best known for being the location of a fortified settlement known as Cerca do Macaco under the control of the Palmares, an established group of fugitives and escaped slaves. At the time of the Palmares, it was a part of the state of Pernambuco. The final assault on the mountain occurred in January 1694, and was led by the Portuguese Bandeirante Domingos Jorge Velho. The mountain was listed in the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage (IPHAN) in 1986.
The Serra da Barriga is part of the Southern Borborema Plateau
The Borborema Plateau (Portuguese ''Planalto da Borborema'', also known as the ''Serra da Borborema'') is a plateau in northeastern Brazil which extends across the states of Pernambuco, Paraíba, and Rio Grande do Norte. The plateau is the northeas ...
, a geomorphological unit with a hot and humid climate. The area occupied by the Serra da Barriga is the starting point of the Açucena creek, a tributary which flows to the Mundaú
Mundaú is a village in the municipality of Trairi in the state of Ceará. It is located 130 or so kilometres from the state capital Fortaleza.
Nature
Most of Mundaú's original vegetation is still intact. The east and south of the village contai ...
valley. It flows to the north of the mountain, and reaches 8.6 km in length.
References
{{Reflist Landforms of Alagoas