What is Aracaju?
[[Image:Bandeira de Aracaju.svg|right|250px]] [[Image:Brasão de Aracaju.svg|right|200px]] '''Aracaju''' is the modern capital city of the state of [[Sergipe]] in the northeastern region of [[Brazil]]. It has about 470.000 inhabitants (estimate 2003) and lies between the cities of [[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]] and [[Maceio]], also in the northeast of Brazil. It was planned and built to be the state capital in [[1855]]. [[Category:Cities in Sergipe]] [[Category:Capitals of Brazilian states]] [[Category:1855 establishments]] [[Category:19th-century establishments in Brazil]] [[Category:1850s establishments in South America]] {{geo-stub}}