Itaporanga d'Ajuda () is a Brazilian
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' ...
in the
Northeastern state of
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 ...
. It covers , has a population of 34,709 (2020) and a population density of 46 residents per km2 (120/sq mi).
It is home to the
Tejupeba House and the Chapel of the Colégio Sugar Plantation
The Tejupeba House and the Chapel of the Colégio Sugar Plantation (') is a plantation house and chapel in Itaporanga d'Ajuda, Sergipe, Brazil. The church dates to the Jesuit settlement of Santo Ignácio, located in present-day Itaporanga d'Ajuda, ...
, a plantation house and chapel cited as the first Jesuits settlement in Portuguese Brazil.
The municipality contains part of the
Serra de Itabaiana National Park.
Toponym
"Itaporanga" is a
Tupi language
Old Tupi, Ancient Tupi or Classical Tupi () is a classical Tupian language which was spoken by the indigenous Tupi people of Brazil, mostly those who inhabited coastal regions in South and Southeast Brazil. In the words of Brazilian tupinol ...
term meaning "beautiful stone". It is formed by the word ''itá'', meaning stone, and ''poranga'', meaning beautiful. "D'Ajuda" is a reference to the patron of the municipality,
Our Lady of Help
Our Mother of Perpetual Succour (), colloquially known as Our Lady of Perpetual Help), is a Catholic Church, Catholic Titles of Mary, mother of Jesus, title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with a 15th-century Byzantine art, Byzantine ico ...
(''Nossa Senhora da Ajuda'').
See also
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List of municipalities in Sergipe
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Sergipe (SE), located in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Sergipe is divided into 75 municipalities, which are grouped into 13 microregions, which are grouped into 3 mesoregions.
See al ...
References
Populated coastal places in Sergipe
Municipalities in Sergipe
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