Propria

Propria is a Brazilian municipality within the nation of Sergipe. Propria originated within the starting of the 17th century, whilst a Jesuit venture for the catechesis of the Indians was mounted. The municipality, which administratively ruled several cities in the region of the Sao Francisco River, became recognized on the time as "Urubu de Baixo" and belonged to Christopher de Barros, conqueror of Sergipe, who donated on April 9, 1590 to his son Antonio Cardoso de Barros. At the give up of the first half of the seventeenth century, the lands had been donated with the aid of the widow of Antonio Cardoso de Barros, D. Guiomar de Melo, to the son-in-law Pedro Abreu de Lima. Facing the privileged place at the banks of the Sao Francisco River, which furnished speedy progress, Urubu de Baixo changed into elevated on October 18, 1718 to the Seat of Parish of Santo Antônio de Urubu de Baixo, dismembered from the Vila-Nova do Sao Francisco.

Propria has two football teams, the America Futebol Clube and the Propria Sports Club. The Propria changed into founded in 1913 and its stadium is Constantine Tavares and America changed into based in 1942, from a dissident of the Propria, and sends its games in the Stage Durval Feitosa. Propria became as soon as the second one largest economy within the country of Sergipe the primary was Aracaju and became the leader within the wholesale exchange of Baixo Sao Francisco Sergipe and Alagoas, having suffered a decline since the 1970. But due to awful administrations and the decadence of commercial interest and the importance of the Sao Francisco River for the economy, Propria is today most effective the 22nd richest town in Sergipe.