Maruim () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

located in the

Brazilian state The federative units of Brazil () are subnational entities with a certain degree of autonomy (self-government, self-regulation, and self-collection) and endowed with their own government and constitution, which together form the Federative Repu ...

Sergipe Sergipe (), officially State of Sergipe, is a States of Brazil, state of Brazil. Located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region along the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of the country, Sergipe is the smallest state in Brazil by geogra ...

. Its population was 17,271 (2020) and covers . Maruim has a population density of 180 inhabitants per square kilometer. It is located from the state capital of Sergipe,

Aracaju Aracaju () is the capital of the state of Sergipe, Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country on the coast, about 350 km (217 mi) north of Salvador, Bahia, Salvador. According to the 2020 estimate, the city has 664,908 inha ...

. Maruim borders the municipalities of

Laranjeiras Laranjeiras (, ''orange trees'') is an upper-middle-class neighborhood located in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Primarily residential, It is one of the city's oldest neighborhoods, having been founded in the 17th century, with the ...

, Rosário do Catete, and

Santo Amaro das Brotas Santo Amaro das Brotas is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Sergipe. Its population was 12,151 (2020) and its area is 235 km2. See also * List of municipalities in Sergipe This is a list of the municipalities in the state o ...

, all within the state of Sergipe. The

Sergipe River The Sergipe River ( Portuguese: ''Rio Sergipe'') is a river of Sergipe state in northeastern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of Sergipe List of rivers in Sergipe (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, ...

makes up the southern border of Marium, and the Ganhamoroba River, a major tributary of the Sergipe, crosses in a north-south direction through the municipality.

Etymology

The name of the municipality of Maruim comes from the Tupi–Guarani term ''mberu'i'', meaning a small fly or mosquito.

History

The first Portuguese colonial settlement in the area was near the Sergipe River and was called Mombaça. The settlement served as an important point of transfer of sugar cane from the interior of Sergipe to Bahia, Pernambuco, and Rio de Janeiro. Mombaça was abandoned due to mosquito-born diseases to relocated to its current location on higher ground on the sugar plantation of Engenho Maruim de Baixo. The village was founded on February 19, 1835 as Santo Amaro do Maroim and elevated to city stats on May 5, 1854. Steamboat service was established between Aracaju, Maruim and Laranjeiras in 1855, further boosting commerce in the region.

References

Municipalities in Sergipe Populated places established in 1854 1854 establishments in Brazil {{Sergipe-geo-stub