It is known that the region known today as Alagoas belonged to the back in 1817 the captaincy of Pernambuco, becoming thus integral to the Portuguese Overseas Empire. Although the term “Alagoas”; is repeatedly used to describe that space even before emancipation, some historians reject both studies and the use of terminology such as the existence of a region made up from the world Pernambucano. Thus, this article analyzes the limits and problems in these interpretations, in order to build a conceptual sketch to define, govern and define the territory later known as the Village of Alagoas (1817).