Maragogipe

For the coffee variety, see Maragogipe Coffee.
Maragogipe
Municipality
Municipality of Maragogipe
Flag of Maragogipe
Flag
Official seal of Maragogipe
Seal
Location in Bahia
Location in Bahia
Coordinates: 12°46′40″S 38°55′08″E / 12.777778°S 38.918889°E / -12.777778; 38.918889
Country Brazil
RegionNortheast
State Bahia
Founded1557
Government
 • MayorVera Lucia Maria dos Santos
Area
 • Total438.18 km2 (169.18 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 est.)[1]
 • Total44,793
 • Density100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
HDI (2010)0.621 – medium[2]
Websitemaragojipe.ba.gov.br#/home

Maragogipe is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. Maragogipe covers 438.18 km2 (169.18 sq mi), and has a population of 44,793 with a population density of 110 inhabitants per square kilometer. Maragogipe is located 130 km (81 mi) from the state capital of Bahia, Salvador.[3] It borders the Paraguaçu River, 20 km (12 mi) upstream from Baía de Todos os Santos. Maragogipe was a major center of sugar cane and tobacco production, and became home to large slave-holding plantations. After the abolition of slavery in Brazil in 1888 the Afro-Brazilian population lived as tenant laborers until recently as "21st century slaves", unable to fish or grow staple crops.[4]

The municipality contains a large portion of the Baía do Iguape Marine Extractive Reserve, created in 2000. Maragogipe is home to an extensive system of mangroves along the Paraguaçu and the Bay of Iguape. The Quilombo Salamina Putumuju, a quilombo settlement of 200 people within the reserve, was recognized by the Palmares Cultural Foundation in December of 2004.[5][4]

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  5. ^ RESEX Marinha da Baía do Iguape (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-07-24