Canindé de São Francisco | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Official Name: | The Municipality of Canindé de São Francisco |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Name1: | Northeast |
Subdivision Name2: | Sergipe |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | José Heleno da Silva |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1953 |
Area Total Km2: | 902.2 |
Population As Of: | 2020 [1] |
Population Total: | 30,402 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | BRT |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Coordinates: | -9.6419°N -37.7878°W |
Elevation M: | 68 |
Blank1 Name: | Climate |
Blank1 Info: | BSh |
Blank Name: | HDI (2000) |
Blank Info: | 0.580 – medium[2] |
Canindé de São Francisco is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Sergipe. Its population was 30,402 (2020) and its area is 902.2km2.
The municipality holds part of the Rio São Francisco Natural Monument, which protects the spectacular canyons of the São Francisco River between the Paulo Afonso Hydroelectric Complex and the Xingó Dam.The municipality also contains the Lagoa do Frio Municipal Nature Park, created in 2001.