Lagarto 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 ...

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 is estimated at 105,221 inhabitants (2020) and its area is 969 km². Football player

Diego Costa Diego da Silva Costa (, ; born 7 October 1988), commonly known as Diego Costa, is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Spain national team. Costa began his football care ...

was born and raised in Lagarto. The city has one football team called

Lagarto Futebol Clube Lagarto Futebol Clube, commonly known as Lagarto, is a Brazilian football club based in Lagarto, Sergipe state. Lagarto is currently ranked fifth among Sergipe teams in CBF's national club ranking, at 214th place overall. History The club was ...

who were founded in 2009 and currently play in the Campeonato Sergipano.

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Municipalities in Sergipe {{Sergipe-geo-stub