SERGIPE´S NORTHERN COAST: HISTORY AND SOCIOECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES

Abstract

Sergipes´Northern Coast, defined in this paper by the counties of Barra dos Coqueiros, Pirambu, Pacatuba and Brejo Grande, is an area with serious social and economic problems that came from State of Sergipe colonization. Generally it presents its lands used in a unsuitable way and the predominance of economic activities linked to primary section. Vegetation and mineral extractive activities are inexpressive. Fishing just deserves prominence in the county of Pirambu, whereas is decadent in other areas. Land domains hightly absorved, scarce road systems and weak economy have been contributing to a great people escape in the area. Thus, this paper seeks to analyze the space organization thourghout Sergipe´s Northern Coast, looking for a historical context from the colonial period to nowadays, characterizing the area by physical and socioeconomic aspects.