Curaçá
| Curaçá | |||
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| Municipality | |||
| The Municipality of Curaçá | |||
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 Localization of the city | |||
| Coordinates: 08°59′31″S 39°54′28″W / 8.99194°S 39.90778°WCoordinates: 08°59′31″S 39°54′28″W / 8.99194°S 39.90778°W | |||
| Country | Brazil | ||
| Region | Northeast | ||
| State | Bahia | ||
| Founded | July 6, 1832 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Carlinhos Brandão (PT) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 6,442.190 km2 (2,487.343 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • Total | 32,165 | ||
| • Density | 4.9/km2 (13/sq mi) | ||
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| Time zone | UTC-3 (UTC-3) | ||
| HDI (2010) | 0.581 – medium[2] | ||
| Website | www.curaca.ba.gov.br | ||
Curaçá is the northernmost city in the Brazilian state of Bahia.
The municipality was designated a priority area for conservation and sustainable use when the Caatinga Ecological Corridor was created in 2006.[3]
References
- ↑ IBGE 2008 statistics
- ↑ UNDP
- ↑ Mattos, Marluza (2006), Ministério cria Corredor Ecológico da Caatinga (in Portuguese), Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-11-01
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