Aracaju
Encyclopedia
Vegetation
Economy
The economy is based on services, industry, and tourism.The GDP for the city was R$ 5,021,660,000 (2005).
Education
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
is the official national language, and thus the primary language taught in schools, with English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
also part of the official high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
curriculum.
Educational institutions
- Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS) (Federal University of Sergipe);
- Universidade Tiradentes (Unit) (Tiradentes University);
- Faculdade de Administração e Negócios de Sergipe (FANESE);
- Faculdade São Luís (FSL) (São Luís College);
- Sociedade de Ensino Superior de Sergipe;
- and many others.
Culture
Museum
Museu do Artesanato, Museu do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico de Sergipe, Museu do Homem Sergipano, Museu Memorial de Sergipe, Museu de Antropologia, Museu de Arte Bélica da Polícia Militar de Sergipe and Museu de Arte e História Rosa Faria.Library
Arquivo Público Estadual de Sergipe, Biblioteca da FANESE and Biblioteca Pública Epiphâneo Dórea.Movies
Movie theaters in the Jardins Mall and Riomar Mall(Cinemark).
Airport
The city is served by the Santa Maria AirportSanta Maria Airport (Sergipe)
Santa Maria Airport is the airport serving Aracaju, Brazil.It is operated by Infraero.-History:Although it had been in operation since the beginning of the 1950s, the official inauguration of the airport took place on January 19, 1958....
. It began operating on the 30th of October, 1952 with a single 1,200m runway, though it did not have an access road until 1958. In 1961, the runway was extended to 1,500m and a terminal of passengers was built in 1962. Since February 1975 the airport is operated by Infraero
Infraero
Empresa Brasileira de Infraestrutura Aeroportuária, Infraero in short, is a Brazilian government corporation created in 1972 and responsible for operating the main Brazilian commercial airports. In 2009, Infraero's airports carried 128,135,616 passengers and 1,114,754 tons of cargo and operated...
. The runway was further extended to 2,200m in 1993 and the passenger terminal greatly enlarged in 1998.
Highways
Aracaju is connected to the major cities of Brazil by BR-235 and BR-101 federal highways.Sister cities
SalvadorSalvador, Bahia
Salvador is the largest city on the northeast coast of Brazil and the capital of the Northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia. Salvador is also known as Brazil's capital of happiness due to its easygoing population and countless popular outdoor parties, including its street carnival. The first...
, Brazil
Brazil
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Maceió
Maceió
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, Brazil
Brazil
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João Pessoa
João Pessoa
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, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...