Jucuru

Jucuru lies at the mouth of the Jucuruçu River on the southern coast of Bahia, at the site later known as Prado. Local history traces the settlement to an Aimoré village on the river's left bank, named after the watercourse. The river reaches the Atlantic through a coastal plain between forested land and sandy shores. Its Indigenous name has been explained as combining words for a serpent and great size.