Maracacume

Maracacume is a Brazilian municipality in the nation of Maranhao, inside the Northeast location of the us of a. Its expected populace in 2018 turned into 21 201 inhabitants. Etymologically, the call Maracacume appears to have arisen from the tupi: mbara'ka sucu-me. That is, it approach "goat rattle". The vicinity stretching from the Gurupi River to the Turiacu Valley, masking all Maracacume for the reason that past due 18th century, has focused numerous quilombos.

Therefore, a fixed date of creation or starting place can't be set up, because "there were quilombos before and after Independence, fashioned over the years, in Viana, Pinheiro, Alcantara, Guimaraes, Maracacume and different locations", as Carlos de Lima in History of Maranhao The Colony. According to Eduardo Olimpio Machado, in 1855 Colaca Maracacume become created, administered via Companhia Maranhense de Mineracao, which shrunk about forty Chinese for the exploitation of the mines. This is very beautiful city to visit.