[8] The municipality is located in the former 'sesmaria' (colonial land allotment) granted to the Captain General Bento Coelho de Morais on November 19, 1720.

In 1761 came the first time, the toponym "Sítio Arraial" (Ranch Hamlet), in a document that Father Estevão reverted the land to its donors, reserving for himself only a quarter of a league.

In 1878, the Fathers João Francisco Dias Nogueira and José Tomaz Albuquerque concluded the current main church thanks to donations from the people.

But the following year, by court term, the council was dissolved and attached to the municipalities of San Francisco (now Itapajé) and Itapipoca.

Currently the municipality consists of the districts Uruburetama, Santa Luzia, Itacolomy, Retiro, Severino, Canto Escuro, Bananal and Tamboatá.