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Município de Juazeiro
"Terra das Carrancas"
"Oásis do Sertão"
Juazeiro
Juazeiro (Brazil)
Juazeiro
Juazeiro
Coordinates 9 ° 25 ′  S , 40 ° 30 ′  W Coordinates: 9 ° 25 ′  S , 40 ° 30 ′  W
Location of the municipality in the state of Bahia
Location of the municipality in the state of Bahia
Symbols
coat of arms
coat of arms
flag
flag
Motto
“Amor labore omnia vincit”
Love and work achieve everything
founding July 15, 1878 (town charter)Template: Infobox location in Brazil / maintenance
Basic data
Country Brazil
State Bahia
ISO 3166-2 BR-BA
Região intermediária Juazeiro (since 2017)
Região imediata Juazeiro (since 2017)
Metropolitan area Polo Petrolina e Juazeiro
structure 8 districts
height 368 m
Waters Rio Sao Francisco
climate semiarid, BSh
surface 6,721.2 km²
Residents 197,965 (2010)
density 29.5  Ew. / km²
estimate 216,707 (July 1, 2019)
Parish code IBGE : 2918407
Time zone UTC −3
Website juazeiro.ba (Brazilian Portuguese)
politics
City Prefect Marcus Paulo Alcantara Bomfim (Paulo Bomfim) (2017-2020)
Political party PCdoB
economy
GDP 3,435,777 thousand R $
15,599  R $ per person 
(2016)
HDI 0.677 (2010)

Juazeiro , officially Portuguese Município de Juazeiro , is a Brazilian city ​​in the Brazilian state of Bahia in the Região Nordeste region . The distance to the capital Salvador is 502 km.

Geography and climate

Hydrographic basin of the Rio São Francisco

The city is located on the south side of the Rio São Francisco opposite the twin city of Petrolina in the state of Pernambuco .

Inside and outside of Juazeiro there are a number of river islands; The Sobradinho Reservoir is located 20 kilometers upstream .

The climate is semi-arid , according to Köppen and Geiger BSh , with annual precipitation, with strong fluctuations, on average around 400 mm, the annual average temperature is 24.2 ° C, with maxima up to 45 ° C.

history

The original village was from the municipal area of 1,832 Sento Sé spun and received full city rights on 15 July 1878. The name derives from the northeastern Sertao frequent (Sertão Nordestino) tree species from the family of the Buckthorn family Ziziphus joazeiro from.

City administration

Executive: since the local elections in Brazil in 2016, Marcus Paulo Alcantara Bomfim, known as Paulo Bomfim, of the Partido Comunista do Brasil (PCdoB) has been in office for the 2017-2020 term of office . The legislature lies with a city council ( Câmara Municipal ) made up of elected city councilors.

The municipality has been divided into eight districts since 1988: Abóbora, Carnaíba do Sertão, Itamotinga, Juazeiro (seat), Junco, Juremal, Massaroca and Pinhões, named after the respective settlement.

Districts
Abóbora Pinhões Maniçoba Itamotinga Massaroca Juremal Carnaíba Junco
Residents 2,254 2,274 15,572 20,995 2,267 1,751 3,386 7,256
Distance from the
main town (km) 		104 72 42 72 54 38 20th 20th

Population development

Source: IBGE (2018 figures are only estimates).

Culture and economy

The place for the carved wood is known figureheads who Carrancas be mentioned.

Like the sister city Petrolina, Juazeiro has greatly expanded the irrigation of agricultural land. To be cultivated u. a. Mango , grapes , watermelons , peaches , coconut palms and bananas .

Diocese of Juazeiro

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Juazeiro  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ IBGE : Bahia: Juazeiro - Panorama . Retrieved September 18, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
  2. Jump up ↑ Juazeiro climate: average temperature, weather by month, Juazeiro weather averages. In: climate-data.org. Retrieved October 6, 2018 .
  3. ↑ IBGE: Juazeiro - História. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved September 18, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
  4. ↑ Paulo Bomfim 65 (Prefeito). In: com.br. Eleições 2016, accessed September 18, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).