Laranjeiras

Laranjeiras is a Brazilian municipality within the nation of Sergipe. Its expected population in 2004 was 25,928 inhabitants. It has a place of 163.4 km². After the troops of Cristovao de Barros destroyed with the local nations, around 1590, many 'settlers' ended up solving themselves to the banks of the river Cotinguiba. These lands belonged to the Parish of Socorro. In that region, approximately a league from the seat, a small port turned into built and, due to the innumerable and leafy orange groves at the river's part, residents and vacationers began to identify the region as the port of the orange trees.

The motion along the Cotinguiba river become extreme, and shortly the port have become an compulsory stop. Around him trade gained space, specially the alternate of slaves, and the primary houses were built. But from 1637, the small agreement of Laranjeiras also suffered from the attacks and then from Dutch rule. Many homes had been destroyed, but the port, a strategic point, became preserved. It became most effective round 1645 that the Dutch left Sergipe. The port of Laranjeiras introduced the development again to the village that become re-rising with wonderful velocity after the passage of the Dutch. In 1701, the Jesuit monks built the first convent church. It became on the left financial institution of St. Peter's Creek, a bit way from the harbor.