São Cristóvão

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This page discusses the Sergipe city, for other meanings, see São Cristóvão (disambiguation).''

São Cristóvão is a Brazilian city in the northeastern state of Sergipe. It was established by the Portuguese: the first colonization attempt in the state and the fourth oldest city in Brazil. It was the state capital until 1855, when the provincial president Inácio Joaquim Barbosa moved the capital to Aracaju. The city has a population of 73,415 (2004 est), making it the third largest settlement in the state; behind Aracaju and Nossa Senhora do Socorro.

The city is a shipping port, and its main industries are sugar milling and distilling.

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