Xique-Xique
Município de Xique-Xique
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Xique-Xique in the state of Bahia
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  Xique-Xique Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 10°49′49″S 42°43′51″W / 10.83028°S 42.73083°W / -10.83028; -42.73083 | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Nordeste |
| State | Bahia |
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| • Mayor | Alfredo Ricardo Bessa Magalhães (PT, 2013–2016) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,124 sq mi (5,502 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,319 ft (402 m) |
| Population
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| • Total | 46,523 |
| • Density | 22.7/sq mi (8.76/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
Xique-Xique is a municipality in the stateofBahia in the North-East regionofBrazil. Its estimated population in 2020 was 46,523 inhabitants.[2][3][4][5] It is situated on the right bank of São Francisco River and is a regional economic center. Xique-Xique takes its name from a cactus, Pilosocereus gounellei, common to the region.
The first exploratory expedition to the region was in 1545, and carried out by the administration of Tomé de Souza (1503–1579), the first governor-general of the Portuguese colony of Brazil. A fazenda, or large-scale plantation, was established Cabo da Ipueira in the 17th century by the Portuguese Theobaldo Miranda Pires de Carvalho. Before ending the seventeenth century a gold-mining group called the Sierra Assuruá settled in Belvedere Island created the 1st core population inhabited by Europeans.
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