Aporá

Aporá
Municipality
Município de Aporá Municipality of Aporá
The main square.
Flag Seal
Nickname(s): A'Porã
Location of Aporá in the State of Bahia
Aporá Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 11°39′36″S 38°04′51″W / 11.66000°S 38.08083°W / -11.66000; -38.08083Coordinates: 11°39′36″S 38°04′51″W / 11.66000°S 38.08083°W / -11.66000; -38.08083
Country	Brazil
Region	Northeast
State	Bahia
Founded	14 August 1958
Elevation	186 m (610 ft)
Population
• Total	17 085
Time zone	UTC-3
Postal Code	48350-000
Area code(s)	+55 75

Aporá is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil.

The city population was 17 085 and its area is 572 km² (29.36 inhabitants per km²) according to the 2002 census. Aporá was emancipated from the municipality of Inhambupe on 14 August 1958 by municipal Resolution 89, and Aporá was created by Resolution 1021, signed on the same date.

To the north it is bordered by Crisópolis, to the south and west by Inhambupe, to the east by Esplanada, the northeast by Acajutiba, the northwest by Olindina and the southeast by Entre Rios.

Two books recounting histories, legends and stories about Aporá have been published. One was a work written by the pupils of the city's Golden College, titled "Basic Information on Aporá", and the other is called "Ao Lusco Fusco" (At Twilight), from author Selma Oliveira de Mendonça, in which she describes the origins of the name "Aporá" and presents traditional legends and customs of the city. A famous legend in the local folklore is the "Serpent of the Lagoon", the story of a newborn rejected by its mother, who throws it in a lagoon, and later summoned by a priest to come out of the waters, raising instead as a fire-breathing serpent that attacks the neglectful mother.