Caxanga

Caxangá lies beside the Capibaribe River, upstream from Recife on the northeastern Brazilian coast. The river winds through the humid coastal plain before reaching the Atlantic, and its banks supported settlements beyond the port. In colonial Pernambuco, the valley formed part of a landscape of plantations and sugar mills, tied to the growing settlement at the mouth of the Capibaribe.

The later city of Recife lies here.