to the IBGE population estimate for 2016, Aracruz is the tenth most populated municipality in Espírito Santo, with 96.746 residents. Population Today Aracruz is home to roughly 1500 Native Americans divided into six reservations: Caieiras Velha, Comboios, Irajá, Pau Brasil, Tekoá and Três Palmeiras. Only in the last couple of decades have they been able to secure their land here, as many problems with the local paper industry greatly prolonged their land struggles. Those Amerindians belong to two tribes: the Tupiniquim and the Guarani. The Native Americans in Aracruz Municipality no longer speak their native languages, but they hold on to their traditional subsistence farming and handcraft trade. References Populated coastal places in Espírito Santo 1556 establishments in the Portuguese Empire Municipalities in Espírito Santo Populated places established in 1556