Ya'yba

Jaíba is the name given to a tract of northern Minas Gerais between the São Francisco and Verde Grande rivers. Its lands formed part of a colonial sesmaria granted to the Count of Ponte. The name is explained as an Indigenous expression for a muddy or turbulent river, recalling the waterways that bound this lowland country. The São Francisco carried the waters of the interior northward through a region of dry woodland and riverbanks.