Maragogipe

Maragogipe is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East area of Brazil. Maragogipe covers 438.18 km2, and has a populace of 46,260 with a populace thickness of 110 occupants for each square kilometer. Maragogipe is found 130 km 81 mi from the state capital of Bahia, Salvador. It outskirts the Paraguacu River, 20 km 12 mi upstream from Baía de Todos os Santos. Maragogipe was a noteworthy focal point of sugar stick and tobacco generation, and ended up home to substantial slave-holding ranches.

The term Maragogipe starts from the tupi dialect. Marag-cheat in the local dialect of the Indians signifies "mosquito waterway". The site was possessed by a clan of Aimores Indians and remained on the correct bank of the waterway Peroacu in the area in which it meetss the waters of the Guai River. For being a district of broad mangroves, it is a characteristic living space for mosquitoes.