Maruim

Maruim is a municipality placed in the Brazilian state of Sergipe. Its populace become 17,225 2016 and covers 95.55 km2. Maruim has a population density of 180 population according to square kilometer. It is placed 30 km from the state capital of Sergipe, Aracaju. Maruim borders the municipalities of Laranjeiras, Rosario do Catete, and Santo Amaro das Brotas, all within the kingdom of Sergipe. The Sergipe River makes up the southern border of Marium, and the Ganhamoroba River, a primary tributary of the Sergipe, crosses in a north-south course thru the municipality.

The first Portuguese colonial settlement within the region became close to the Sergipe River and turned into known as Mombaca. The agreement served as an essential point of transfer of sugar cane from the indoors of Sergipe to Bahia, Pernambuco, and Rio de Janeiro. Mombaca was deserted because of mosquito-born sicknesses to relocated to its current vicinity on better floor on the sugar plantation of Engenho Maruim de Baixo. The village became based on February 19, 1835 as Santo Amaro do Maroim and improved to city stats on May 5, 1854. Steamboat provider changed into established among Aracaju, Maruim and Laranjeiras in 1855, similarly boosting trade inside the region.