The city is located at a distance of approximately 300 km from the state capital, Salvador, and situated at a latitude of 10º58'42" south and a longitude of 39º37'35" west, with an altitude of 295 meters.

[2][3][4][5] It is located in the polygon of droughts on the right bank of the Itapicuru-açu river, in lands of the immeasurable sesmarias of Casa da Ponte, there were the farms “As Queimadas”, both owned by Isabel Maria Guedes de Brito, heir to these immense territories.

The denomination of the farms derives from the fact that there are large fires in the caatinga to clear swiddens, a habit practiced by the Indians and followed by the colonizers.

The farmer picked it up so many times that the image disappeared from its rich jacaranda niche and reappeared in the same place where they had first found it.

A curious fact is that the same image, formerly a symbol of devotion, was tried and convicted in Água Fria for the crime of homicide, after an individual appeared dead in front of the Church.