Maraú

Maraú
Municipality
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Country	Brazil
Region	Nordeste
State	Bahia
Area
• Total	774.447 km2 (299.016 sq mi)

Maraú is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. . The municipality is located in a peninsula called "Península de Maraú", physiographic area called "Região Cacaueira" (cocoa region). The city is rich in minerals, especially oil shale gypsum and oil.

History

The town originally called "Mayrahú" has its origin in a village of Indians called "Mayra". No one knows about the disappearance of the Indian tribe, nor to which branch he belonged. It was discovered in 1705 by Italian Capuchin friars who gave him the name "São Sebastião de Mayrahú" (St. Sebastian of Mayrahú). In 1938 became city. Maraú has beautiful beaches of rare beauty and clear water distributed to their various villages. It also has dozens of islands, waterfalls, mangroves ... His best-known villages are: Barra Grande, Saquaíra, Taipus de Fora and Algodões

Geography

Beaches

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Taipus de Fora

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Campinho

• Algodões;
• Arandí;
• Barra;
• Cassange;
• Mangueira;
• Piracanga;
• Saquaíra;
• Três Coqueiros;
• Taipús de Fora;
• Campinho.

See also

• List of municipalities in Bahia