Municipality in Northeast, Brazil
11°02′52″S 45°11′34″W / 11.04778°S 45.19278°W / -11.04778; -45.19278| Country | Brazil |
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| Region | Northeast |
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| State | Bahia |
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| Founded | December 22, 1961 |
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| Government |
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| • Mayor | Manoel Afonso de Araujo (PMN) |
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| Area |
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| • Total | 16,185.171 km2 (6,249.129 sq mi) |
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| Population |
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| • Total | 25,857 |
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| • Density | 1.3/km2 (3/sq mi) |
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| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
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| • Summer (DST) | UTC11° 02' 52" S 45° 11' 34" O |
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| HDI (2000) | 0.646 – medium[3] |
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Formosa do Rio Preto is the westernmost and largest (by area) city in the Brazilian state of Bahia. It is also the largest in all Northeastern Brazil.
The municipality contains part of the 707,079 hectares (1,747,230 acres) Serra Geral do Tocantins Ecological Station, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 2001 to preserve an area of cerrado.[4] It also contains part of the 724,324 hectares (1,789,840 acres) Nascentes do Rio Parnaíba National Park, created in 2002.[5]
References
- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ IBGE 2008 statistics
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) UNDP - ^ Unidade de Conservação: Estação Ecológica Serra Geral do Tocantins (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-28
- ^ Unidade de Conservação: Parque Nacional das Nascentes do Rio Parnaíba (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-01
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Mesoregion Centro Norte Baiano |
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| Feira de Santana | |
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| Irecê | |
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| Itaberaba | |
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| Jacobina | |
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| Senhor do Bonfim | |
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Mesoregion Centro Sul Baiano |
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| Boquira | |
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| Brumado | |
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| Guanambi | |
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| Itapetinga | |
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| Jequié | |
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| Livramento do Brumado | |
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| Seabra | |
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| Vitória da Conquista | |
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Mesoregion Extremo Oeste Baiano |
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| Barreiras | |
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| Cotegipe | |
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| Santa Maria da Vitória | |
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Mesoregion Metropolitana de Salvador |
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| Catu | |
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| Salvador | |
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| Santo Antônio de Jesus | |
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Mesoregion Nordeste Baiano |
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| Alagoinhas | |
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| Entre Rios | |
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| Euclides da Cunha | |
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| Jeremoabo | |
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| Ribeira do Pombal | |
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| Serrinha | |
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Mesoregion Sul Baiano |
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| Ilhéus-Itabuna | |
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| Porto Seguro | |
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| Valença | |
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Mesoregion Vale São-Franciscano da Bahia |
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| Barra | |
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| Bom Jesus da Lapa | |
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| Juazeiro | |
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| Paulo Afonso | |
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