Gararu

Gararu
Município de Gararu
Location of Gararu in Sergipe
Gararu
Location of Gararu in Brazil
Coordinates: 09°58′04″S 37°04′58″W / 9.96778°S 37.08278°W / -9.96778; -37.08278
Country Brazil
RegionNortheast
State Sergipe
FoundedMarch 15, 1877
Government
 • MayorToinho de Rolemberg
Area
 • Total
654.4 km2 (252.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total
11,601
 • Density18/km2 (46/sq mi)
DemonymGararuense
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
Websitegararu.se.gov.br

Gararu is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Sergipe. Its population was 11,601 (2020), covers 654.4 km2 (252.7 sq mi), and has a population density of 18 inhabitants per square kilometer.[2]

The municipality was designated a priority area for conservation and sustainable use when the Caatinga Ecological Corridor was created in 2006.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "IBGE 2020". Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Gararu" (in Portuguese). Brasília, Brazil: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
  3. ^ Mattos, Marluza (2006), Ministério cria Corredor Ecológico da Caatinga (in Portuguese), Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-11-01