Canindé de São Francisco () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

located in the

Brazilian state The federative units of Brazil () 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 together form the Federative Repu ...

Sergipe Sergipe (), officially State of Sergipe, is a States of Brazil, state of Brazil. Located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region along the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of the country, Sergipe is the smallest state in Brazil by geogra ...

. Its population was 30,402 (2020) and its area is .

Conservation

The municipality holds part of the Rio São Francisco Natural Monument, which protects the spectacular canyons of the

São Francisco River The São Francisco River (, ) is a large Rivers of Brazil, river in Brazil. With a length of , it is the longest river that runs entirely in Brazilian territory, and the fourth longest in South America and overall in Brazil (after the Amazon R ...

between the Paulo Afonso Hydroelectric Complex and the Xingó Dam. The municipality also contains the Lagoa do Frio Municipal Nature Park, created in 2001.

References

Municipalities in Sergipe Populated places established in 1953 {{Sergipe-geo-stub

Conservation

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