DINÂMICA POPULACIONAL E DESENVOLVIMENTO TERRITORIAL NA REGIÃO FUMAGEIRA ALAGOANA: EVIDÊNCIAS PARA ARAPIRACA, ALAGOAS.

The present paper aims to understand how the culture fumageira changed the population dynamics and the directions of the territorial development of the Alagoan agreste, more precisely of the municipality of Arapiraca, center of confluence of the regional and urban dynamics of this region. To achieve this aim, the methodology adopted was a tabular descriptive analysis of data that were obtained from the Institute of Applied Economic Research - IPEA and IBGE's agricultural censuses, in addition to the literature review specific to the subject in question. That said, it was found that there was a regional concentration of services in the city of Arapiraca and, consequently, a greater population agglomeration, fruit of the migratory movements to the urban areas of the mentioned municipality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]