Gararu

Gararu
Gararu; Município de Gararu
	Municipality
; Flag	; Seal
	; Location of Gararu in Sergipe
	Gararu Location of Gararu in Brazil
	Coordinates: 09°58′04″S 37°04′58″W / 9.96778°S 37.08278°WCoordinates: 09°58′04″S 37°04′58″W / 9.96778°S 37.08278°W
Country	Brazil
Region	Northeast
State	Sergipe
Founded	March 15, 1877
Government
• Mayor	Toinho de Rolemberg
Area
• Total	654.4 km2 (252.7 sq mi)
Population (2016)
• Total	11,730
• Density	18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Gararuense
Time zone	UTC-3 (BRT)
Website	gararu.se.gov.br

Gararu is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Sergipe. Its population was 11,730 (2016), covers 654.4 km² (252.7 sq mi), and has a population density of 18 inhabitants per square kilometer.^[1]

The municipality was designated a priority area for conservation and sustainable use when the Caatinga Ecological Corridor was created in 2006.^[2]

References

↑ "Gararu" (in Portuguese). Brasília, Brazil: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
↑ Mattos, Marluza (2006), Ministério cria Corredor Ecológico da Caatinga (in Portuguese), Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-11-01

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[i-1] "Gararu" (in Portuguese). Brasília, Brazil: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-28.

[2] Mattos, Marluza (2006), Ministério cria Corredor Ecológico da Caatinga (in Portuguese), Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-11-01