Sergipe

Sergipe, a maritime state of Brazil, the smallest in the republic, but the second in density of population (31 per square mile), is bounded on the N. by the São Francisco, which separates it from Alagoas, and on the W. and S. by Bahia. Area, 7370 sq. m.; pop. (1890) 461,307. The shores are low and sandy, the interior mountainous. The east part is fertile, well wooded, and produces sugar and cotton; the western plateaus are devoted principally to the rearing of cattle. The capital is Aracajú, with a small port and 5000 inhabitants.