Sergipe
Appearance
State of Sergipe | |
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![]() Location of State of Sergipe in Brazil | |
Coordinates: 10°34′S 37°22′W / 10.56°S 37.36°W | |
Country | ![]() |
Capital and Largest City | Aracaju |
Government | |
• Governor | Marcelo Déda |
• Vice Governor | Belivaldo Chagas |
Area | |
• Total | 21,910.348 km2 (8,459.633 sq mi) |
• Rank | 26th |
Population (2012)[1] | |
• Total | 2,110,867 |
• Rank | 22nd |
• Density | 96/km2 (250/sq mi) |
• Rank | 5th |
Demonym | Sergipano |
GDP | |
• Year | 2006 estimate |
• Total | R$ 15,126,000,000 (21st) |
• Per capita | R$ 7,560 (16th) |
HDI | |
• Year | 2005 |
• Category | 0.742 – medium (20th) |
Time zone | UTC-3 (BRT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-2 (BRST) |
Postal Code | 49500-000 to 49990-000 |
ISO 3166 code | BR-SE |
Website | se.gov.br |
Sergipe is the smallest state in Brazil. Aracaju is the capital and largest city. Sergipe borders two other states, Bahia and Alagoas.
Geography
[change | change source]Sergipe's land is mostly caatinga. A strip of rainforest runs down the Atlantic coast. There are also swamps near the coast.
Economy
[change | change source]Sergipe's main crop is sugarcane. Cassava is also grown. There is a small petroleum industry.
History
[change | change source]The first people to live in Sergipe were from the Tupi Tribe. The name "Sergipe" is the Tupi word for crab.
The Portugal took over the area, and made a settlement at São Cristóvão. Later, French pirates invaded Sergipe, but they left soon after.
Now, Sergipe is part of free Brazil.
References
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States of Brazil | ![]() |
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Acre | Alagoas | Amapá | Amazonas | Bahia | Ceará | Espírito Santo | Goiás | Maranhão | Mato Grosso | Mato Grosso do Sul | Minas Gerais | Pará | Paraíba | Paraná | Pernambuco | Piauí | Rio de Janeiro | Rio Grande do Norte | Rio Grande do Sul | Rondônia | Roraima | Santa Catarina | São Paulo | Sergipe | Tocantins | |
Federal district: Distrito Federal |