Macaúbas
municipality of Bahia State, Brazil
Macaúbas is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. Its population in 2020 was 50,161 inhabitants. The municipality covers an area of 3039 km2. It lies in the call Physiographic Zone of the Serra Geral, the Chapada Diamantina Southern microregion.
History
The Indians belonging to the Tupinaés group (Tupinambás branch) were the first inhabitants of the area). There are several archaeological sites throughout the county.
The unclassified extinct Galache language was spoken near Macaúbas.
The formation of the county began in the mid-seventeenth century, in place "Poor" when the first whites arrived there and erected a chapel in honor of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, patroness of the city today. Pioneers who were transiting through the Sao Francisco River in search of gold and precious stones.
The town was formed on lands belonging to the city of Vulture (Rio Branco, today Paratinga) which was partitioned in 1832 to provide independent municipality, with the toponym of Macaúbas, by state decree of July 6, 1832, which also raised its headquarters to the town category.
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