Vitória da Conquista
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Coordinates: 14 ° 51 ′ S , 40 ° 50 ′ W Vitória da Conquista on the map of Brazil
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 Brazil
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 Bahia
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| City foundation | November 9, 1840 | |
| Residents | 306,866 (2010) | |
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| surface | 3,705.838 | |
| Population density | 91.41 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| height | 923 m | |
| Post Code | 45000-000 | |
| Time zone | UTC −3 | |
| City Presidency | Herzem Gusmão Pereira ( MDB ) (2017-2020) | |
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Vitória da Conquista , officially Município de Vitória da Conquista , is a Brazilian city in the south-central part of the state of Bahia . According to the IBGE, the population was 306,866 in 2010 . As of July 1, 2018, it was estimated at 338,885 inhabitants. The area covers (as of 2017) around 3705.8 km² (91.4 inhabitants / km² - 2010) at an average altitude of 923 m.
history
Territorial historiography begins in 1752, when the bandeirante João da Silva Guimarães waged war with the local Botokuden and Pataxó . The Sertanista João Gonçalves da Costa laid the foundation stone in 1783 for a settlement that at that time comprised around 60 houses. In 1803 the church Nossa Senhora da Vitória was built. The area was under the city of Caetité . By provincial law n. 124 on May 19, 1840, the place became the Vila Imperial de Vitória , and came into force on November 9, 1840. In 1891 the place was renamed Vitória da Conquista .
Population development
Ethnic composition
As of the 2010 census with 306,866 inhabitants.
| group | percent | annotation |
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| Pardos (mixed race) | 56.8% | ( Mulatto , mestizo ) |
| Pretus | 10.1% | ( Blacks ) |
| Brancos | 32.4% | (Whites, descendants of Europeans ) |
| Amarelos | 0.4% | (Asians) |
| Indigenous people | 0.1% | (indigenous population) |
economy
Up until the 1940s, animal husbandry was the economic basis. With road connections between the states of Rio and Bahia (today: BR-116 ) and the Ilhéus - Lapa route , the prerequisites for structural change were created. The marketing of coffee from the region, including neighboring cities such as Barra do Choça , Planalto and Poções , was made easier, and from the 1980s Vitória increasingly developed into a service center. Several universities have branches in the city.
Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista
Vitória is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista . It has been headed by Archbishop Luís Gonzaga Silva Pepeu since 2008 .
Born in Vitória
- Glauber Rocha (1938–1981), film director
- Zanoni Demettino Castro (* 1962), Archbishop of Feira de Santana
- Ricardo Castro (* 1964), pianist
- Hernaldo Pinto Farias (* 1964), Roman Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Bonfim
- Estevam Santos Silva Filho (* 1968), Bishop of Ruy Barbosa
- Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (* 1976), MMA fighter
- Leandro Domingues (* 1983), football player
- Carlos Andrade Souza (* 1987), football player
Web links
- City Prefecture website , Prefeitura Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
- City Council website , Câmara Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b IBGE: Bahia: Vitória da Conquista - Panorama. [accessed September 15, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese)].
- ^ Prefeitura Vitória da Conquista: Primeiros habitantes. (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ^ Prefeitura Vitória da Conquista: Cronologia. (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ^ IBGE: Bahia: Vitório da Conquista: História. [accessed September 15, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese)].