Aracaju

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Settlement.name: Aracaju
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.official_name: Municipality of Aracaju
Settlement.image_caption: From the top; clockwise: Aracaju seen from Imperador Bridge; Brazilian Navy Lighthouse; Aracaju Metropolitan Cathedral; Aracaju skyline and Sergipe River; Aracaju-Barra dos Coqueiros Bridge at night and Coast of Atalaia.
Settlement.image_flag: Bandeira de Aracaju.svg
Settlement.image_seal: Brasão de Aracaju.svg
Settlement.image_map: Brazil Sergipe Aracaju location map.svg
Settlement.mapsize: 250px
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Aracaju in the Sergipe
Settlement.image_map1: Brazil State Sergipe.svg
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Northeast
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Emília Corrêa (PL)
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: 1592

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: big city
Demonym: aracajuano
Country: Brazil
Located in: Sergipe
Population: 461083
Area: 181.857
Elevation: 4
Time zone: UTC−03:00
Capital of: Sergipe
Shares border with: Itaporanga d'Ajuda
Official website: www.aracaju.se.gov.br
Image: Curva da Avenida Beira Mar Aracaju.jpg
Dialing code: 79
Motto: Pax et labor
Patron saint: Immaculate Conception of Mary

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Commons category: Aracaju
postal code: 49000-000
topic's main category: Category:Aracaju
Commons gallery: Aracaju
Human Development Index: 0.770
inception: 1855-03-17
category of associated people: Category:People from Aracaju
native label: Municipi de Aracaju
category for people born here: Category:Births in Aracaju
electorate: 412944
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
P12749: 2 Shahrivar

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Aracaju (; ) is the capital of the state of Sergipe, in northeastern Brazil, about 350 km (217 mi) north of Salvador. According to the 2020 estimate, the city has 664,908 inhabitants, which represents approximately 33% of the state population. Adding to the populations of the municipalities forming the Metropolitan area: Barra dos Coqueiros, Nossa Senhora do Socorro and São Cristóvão. Its Metropolitan Cathedral Nossa Senhora da Conceiçao, dedicated to Our Lady of Immaculate Conception, is the archiepiscopal see of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Aracaju.

== History ==

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