Riachão (São Bento)

Riachão
Riachão
	Village
	Riachão
	Coordinates: 6.467128°S 37.411795°W[1]
Country	Brazil
State	Paraíba
Municipality	São Bento
Zona	Rural area
Population
• Total	742

Riachão (Portuguese Riachão) is a village near São Bento in Paraíba state, Brazil. With 742 inhabitants it is the largest settlement in the city.[2]

Etymology

Riachão (large stream). The Riachão name was given because of a stream that has the village out to the border of Paraíba and Rio Grande do Norte and in times of floods is filled to not exceed transport in any way.[3]

References

"Wikimapia - Location". wikimapia.org.
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=pt&lat=-6.467341&lon=-37.415131&z=17&m=b
"São Bento recebe mais de 96 mil reais em recursos suplementares para manutenção de creches". saobentoemfoco.com.br. 24 December 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2014.

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[1] "Wikimapia - Location". wikimapia.org.

[2] ttp://wikimapia.org/#lang=pt&lat=-6.467341&lon=-37.415131&z=17&m=b

[em_foco-3] "São Bento recebe mais de 96 mil reais em recursos suplementares para manutenção de creches". saobentoemfoco.com.br. 24 December 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2014.