Petrolina

Petrolina is a Brazilian municipality within the interior of the country of Pernambuco, Northeast of the united states of america. It is positioned within the Microregion of Petrolina and inside the Meso-region of Sao Francisco Pernambucano, west of Recife, the country capital. It has a territorial extension of 4 561,872 km², being 244,8 km² in city perimeter and the ultimate integrating the rural quarter. The territory wherein the municipality of Petrolina is located could had been first cleared by using Franciscan friars, who worked inside the catechesis of the Indians of the vicinity.

The French Capuchin friars counted on the consent of the Indian leader Rodela, who left his name connected to the entire middle Sao Francisco, known as the Sertao dos Rodelas; as early as 1674, Francisco Rodela turned into granted the rank of captain-of-the-village. The have an impact on of the Capuchin brothers' missions turned into fantastic, which contributed efficiently to the career of the center Sao Francisco, particularly of the fluvial islands. These missions had been simplest interrupted in 1698, whilst the diplomatic relations between Portugal and France were broken.

Another issue that contributed to consolidate the career of the territory changed into the implantation of corrals, Also in the eighteenth century the first inhabitant changed into mounted in the place known as Passage, on the left bank of the Sao Francisco River, in the front of Juazeiro, inside the Province of Bahia. He had the name of Pedro, and besides dedicating himself to agriculture, fishing and goat breeding, he made a canoe the shipping of people and hundreds among the opposing banks. It is quite feasible that, next to this first inhabitant, others have settled, taking benefit of the profession initiated with the aid of Pedro.