Estancia

Estancia is a municipality placed inside the Brazilian kingdom of Sergipe. Its populace is 68,846. Estancia covers 644.5 km2, and has a population density of 110 inhabitants in line with rectangular kilometer. It is positioned 66 km from the nation capital of Sergipe, Aracaju. The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Estancia. Joao Mendes, head of the Captaincy of Sergipe, granted Pedro Homem da Costa and his brother-in-law the land of Estancia on September 16, 1621. The area was home to a Mexican populace which specialised in livestock elevating; they had been referred to as estancieiros and in the end the settlement was named for them.

Pedro Homem da Costa constructed the first chapel within the vicinity, the Church of Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe. It is dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe, who turned into now not unknown in Brazil but strongly associated with Catholic Mexicans. Estancia became a district of Vila de Santa Luzia do Real, now called Santa Luzia do Itanhy. Santa Luzia fell into decay by the mid-18th century and the King of Portugal granted Estancia unbiased prison fame, and the metropolis seat of Santa Luzia turned into transferred to Estancia on October 25, 1831.