The city is located just to the north of a section of the São Francisco River that contains many archipelagos.

The Truká people had historically occupied the Ilha da Assunção archipelago of the São Francisco River in Cabrobó municipality.

[5] Ponti, an extinct Jê language belonging to the Jeicó group, was once spoken on an island in the São Francisco River near the city of Quebrobó (Cabrobó).

[6] The main economic activities in Cabrobó are based in general commerce and agribusiness, especially farming of goats, sheep, cattle, pigs; and plantations of onions, cannabis, water melons and rice.

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