Xique-Xique Explained

Official Name:Xique-Xique
Native Name:Município de Xique-Xique
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Brazil
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Brazil
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Brazil
Subdivision Name1:Nordeste
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Bahia
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Alfredo Ricardo Bessa Magalhães (PT, 2013–2016)
Established Date:1832
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:5,502
Population As Of:2020 [1]
Population Total:46,523
Population Density Km2:8.76
Timezone:BRT
Utc Offset:-3
Coordinates:-10.8303°N -42.7308°W
Elevation M:402

Xique-Xique is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. Its estimated population in 2020 was 46,523 inhabitants. It is situated on the right bank of São Francisco River and is a regional economic center. Xique-Xique takes its name from a cactus, Pilosocereus gounellei, common to the region.

The first exploratory expedition to the region was in 1545, and carried out by the administration of Tomé de Souza (1503–1579), the first governor-general of the Portuguese colony of Brazil. A fazenda, or large-scale plantation, was established Cabo da Ipueira in the 17th century by the Portuguese Theobaldo Miranda Pires de Carvalho. Before ending the seventeenth century a gold-mining group called the Sierra Assuruá settled in Belvedere Island created the 1st core population inhabited by Europeans.

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Notes and References

  1. https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/ba/xique-xique/panorama IBGE 2020