Sergipe
Sergipe | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Motto: | |
| Anthem: Hino de Sergipe | |
Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 10°34′S 37°22′W / 10.56°S 37.36°W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Capital and largest city | Aracaju |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Fábio Mitidieri (PSD) |
| • Vice Governor | Zezinho Sobral (PDT) |
| • Senators | Alessandro Vieira (MDB) Laercio Oliveira (PP) Rogério Carvalho (PT) |
| Area | |
• Total | 21,910.4 km2 (8,459.7 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 26th |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 2,210,004 |
| • Rank | 22nd |
| • Density | 100.866/km2 (261.241/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 5th |
| Demonym | Sergipano |
| GDP | |
| • Total | R$ 51.861 billion (US$ 9.620 billion) |
| HDI | |
| • Year | 2021 |
| • Category | 0.702 – high (17th) |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (BRT) |
| Postal Code | 49000-000 to 49990-000 |
| ISO 3166 code | BR-SE |
| Website | www |
Sergipe (English: /ˌsɛərˈʒiːpi/, sair-ZHEE-pee ⓘ; Brazilian Portuguese: [sɛʁˈʒipi] ⓘ), officially the State of Sergipe, is a state of Brazil. Located in the Northeast Region along the Atlantic coast of the country, Sergipe is the smallest state in Brazil by geographical area at 21,910 square kilometres (8,460 mi2), larger only than the Federal District. Sergipe borders Bahia to the south and west and Alagoas to the north. Aracaju is the capital and the largest city in the state; the state is divided into 75 municipalities. The state has 1.1% of the Brazilian population and produces 0.6% of the Brazilian GDP.