Once part of the municipality of Juazeiro it grew with the construction of the Sobradinho Dam and the flooding of the huge Sobradinho Reservoir.
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Municipal water supply would receive priority over other uses, which would only be catered for only when the reservoir behind the Sobradinho dam on the São Francisco River, which produces much of the region's electricity, is nearly full about 40% of the time.