Boquim, Sergipe, Northeast Region, Brazil

🇧🇷 Boquim is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Sergipe. Its area is 215 km².

It is located in the South Coast region of the state, and is known for being the "Land of Orange".

History According to popular stories, about 10 km from the current city of Boquim, Colonel José Batista founded the village of Lagoa Vermelha in the first half of the 19th century; and in 1857 it was elevated to the village of Lagoa Vermelha by means of provincial law, with headquarters in the old village.

However, the locality went through several complications that harmed its inhabitants; such as outbreaks of diseases that affected the place in winter and the frequent floods of the Piauí River.

In 1869 the locality was even isolated for several days.

Faced with this, Father Manoel Nogueira Cravo, vicar of Lagoa Vermelha, as well as Antônio Manoel da Fraga and the greatest Venancio Fernandes fought for the transfer of the headquarters to a nearby locality, called "Boquinha da Mata" (nicknamed "Boquim"), whose lands were donated by Antônio Araújo.

On March 21, 1870, through Provincial Law No. 836, the village headquarters of Lagoa Vermelha was transferred to the village of Boquim.

On October 16, 1926, it was elevated to the category of municipality of Boquim, by state law No. 959. Buquim had its spelling changed to Boquim by state decree No. 3334 of January 27, 1976.

The Forest Fountain The Fonte da Mata marks an important chapter in the history of Boquim, because the origin of the name of the Municipality comes from it. Known in the colonial period as "Boquinha da Mata" had its name misrepresented by the caboclo to "Boquim", hence the popular name of the parish. Photos and History of Fonte da Mata

Villages of Boquim 1 Pastor

2 Pimenteira

3 Varjão

4 Water Eyes

5 Cabeça Dantas

6 Muriçoca

7 Punga

8 Boa Vista da Raposa

9 Forest

10 Half a League

11 Calitende

12 Mangue Grande

13 Assanhado Rooster

14 Garangau

15 Taboca

16 Three Brothers

17 Alfavaca

18 Romão

19 Boa Vista do Fundunga

20 Jaboticaba

21 Jaboticabinha

22 Sky

23 Boquim Colony

24 Broken car

25 New Discovery

26 Tracks (01-07)

27 Caborge

Geography It has an average annual temperature of 24.2 °C and an average rainfall of 1,360 mm/year, with a more rainy period in autumn-winter (March to August), being one of the cities in Sergipe with the highest rainfall rate.

The relief is flat, interrupted by rare higher residual areas, with valleys of the watercourses of the region.

The soils in the region can be shallow, susceptible to waterloaking or deep clayey texture well drained. Vegetation of capoeira, caatinga, clean fields and dirty fields. The municipality is located in the hydrographic basin of the Piauí River, also including the Grilo, Domingas and Giranga streams.

It has an area larger than the state capital itself.

Economy Boquim stands out for the citrus industry, producing orange, tangerine, lemon, and ornamental plants in addition to passion fruit; activity started from the 1920s, when the first seedlings of orange trees "baía" arrived, and increased in the 60s for better technical assistance and financial subsidies. Livestock of cattle, horses, sheep and pigs, and poultry farming of chickens are other important productions in the region., Boquim has the juice, clothing and furniture industry.

Banks: Bando do Brasil, Banese, Banco do Nordeste, Bradesco, Caixa Econômica

Shopping centers Boquim has a wide variety of commercial establishments, being the best known CBB Ambev, CIN Confecções do Nordeste, Prado Vasconcelos Supermarket, Deris Informática Certificado Digital, Móveis, Armarinho São João, BSM Bike, Lojas Guanabara, AMS Material de Construção, Madeireira Teixeira, Armazém São João, Gugu Baby, Todo Dia, Gentil, Betel, Gas leather hat.

health Health in Boquim is administered by the Municipal Health Secretariat, with resources from the Municipal Health Fund and transfers of resources from the Ministry of Health, health services are provided to the population through the Family Health Clinic and Basic Health Units located in the villages to care of the rural population. The municipality participates in the Family Health Program (PSF) obtaining good results according to indicators from the Ministry of Health. Recently, the 10ª family health team was implemented in the Cipó Village and there was the implementation of the Family Health Support Center (NASF) in the Family Health Clinic. Boquim also offers the population mental health care through the Braz Fernandez Fontes Psychosocial Care Center (CAPS I).

Attractions Boquim's main attractions are Micareta, held in early May, and the Orange Festival, which is held in November, with lectures on citrus and artistic shows.