Juazeiro
Juazeiro | |
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| Municipality of Juazeiro | |
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 Flag  Seal | |
 Location in Bahia | |
| Coordinates:09°25′50″S40°30′10″W/ 9.43056°S 40.50278°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Northeast |
| State |  Bahia |
| Mesoregion | Vale São-Franciscano da Bahia |
| Microregion | Juazeiro |
| Founded | May 9, 1833 |
| Government | |
| •Mayor | Suzana Ramos |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,500.520 km2(2,509.865 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 368 m (1,207 ft) |
| Population (2020 est.)[2] | |
| • Total | 218,162 |
| • Density | 34/km2(87/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−3(BRT) |
| HDI(2010) | 0.677 –medium[3] |
| Website | juazeiro |
Juazeiro,formerly also known asJoazeiro,[4]is amunicipalityin the state ofBahia,in thenortheastern regionof Brazil.
The city is twinned withPetrolina,in the state ofPernambuco.The two cities are connected by a modern bridge crossing theSão Francisco River.Together they form the metropolitan region of Petrolina-Juazeiro, an urban conglomerate of close to 500,000 inhabitants.
History
[edit]It was founded in 1833[1]and became a city on July 15, 1878. Its name comes from theJuátree which grows in the region.
Organization
[edit]Its city districts are Abóbora, Carnaíba, Itamotinga, Junco, Juremal, Massaroca, and Pinhões.[citation needed]
Geography
[edit]Climate
[edit]The annual average temperature is 26 °C or 78.8 °F. Although it lies on theSão Francisco Riverand theCuraçá River,Juazeiro is one of the driest places in Brazil, with ahot semi-arid climate(KöppenBSh) that is very close to being classified as ahot arid climate(BWh).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 35.3 (95.5) |
35.4 (95.7) |
34.9 (94.8) |
33.4 (92.1) |
30.8 (87.4) |
29.5 (85.1) |
29.1 (84.4) |
30.4 (86.7) |
33.2 (91.8) |
35.6 (96.1) |
36.3 (97.3) |
35.2 (95.4) |
33.3 (91.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.6 (81.7) |
27.7 (81.9) |
27.4 (81.3) |
26.5 (79.7) |
24.9 (76.8) |
23.6 (74.5) |
22.8 (73.0) |
23.4 (74.1) |
25.4 (77.7) |
27.4 (81.3) |
28.2 (82.8) |
27.4 (81.3) |
26 (79) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.8 (69.4) |
21.2 (70.2) |
21.1 (70.0) |
20.7 (69.3) |
19.7 (67.5) |
18.2 (64.8) |
17.2 (63.0) |
17.4 (63.3) |
18.9 (66.0) |
20.4 (68.7) |
21 (70) |
20.8 (69.4) |
19.8 (67.6) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 69.4 (2.73) |
71.1 (2.80) |
96.2 (3.79) |
40.9 (1.61) |
7.9 (0.31) |
2.6 (0.10) |
3.2 (0.13) |
1.9 (0.07) |
4 (0.2) |
9.9 (0.39) |
46.6 (1.83) |
60.6 (2.39) |
414.3 (16.35) |
| Source:[5][6][7][8] | |||||||||||||
Transport
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There are highway connections with several capitals of the Northeast and railroad connections to the coast are made by theFerrovia Centro-Atlântica.The railroad connection ends at the fluvial port of Juazeiro.[citation needed]
Economy
[edit]Like its sister cityPetrolina,Juazeiro has experienced great growth in the last decade due to the irrigation of the semi-arid soils with water from theSão Francisco River.Fruit cultivationis important to such an extent that Juazeiro entitles itself "Capital of Irrigated Fruit", which is exported between thePetrolina Airportto United States and/orEurope.For more detailed information on the development of this fertile valley see the article onPetrolina.
The main agricultural products in planted area according to theIBGEin 2003:
- bananas: 18 km2
- coconut: 2.72 km2
- guava: 2.5 km2
- lemon: 2 km2
- papaya: 0.45 km2
- mango: 60 km2
- passion fruit: 0.9 km2
- grapes: 21 km2
- sugarcane: 152.53 km2
- onions: 3.4 km2
- beans: 4.04 km2
- manioc: 4.2 km2
- watermelon: 4.5 km2
- melon: 1.95 km2
- tomato: 0.32 km2
Sport
[edit]Both the city's professionalfootballteams play at theEstádio Adauto Moraes:Juazeiro SCfounded 1995, andSD Juazeirensefounded in 2006.
Notable people
[edit]Juazeiro is the birthplace of the following famous people:
- Joāo Gilberto:Singer-guitarist, one of the most prominent Brazilian musicians, popular internationally as the father of bossa nova.
- Dani Alves:convicted rapist andright backfootballer of theBrazilian national team,formerly ofBahia,FC Barcelona,andSevilla,Pumas of UNAMMexico City,Juventus,PSGandSão Paulo FC.
- Luís Pereira:Brazilian former professionalfootballer,winner of three national championships
- Nixon,Brazilian former professionalfootballer.
- Petros,Brazilian football player.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Área territorial oficial"[Official Territorial Area] (in Portuguese).Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics(IBGE).2002-10-10.Retrieved2010-12-05.
- ^IBGE 2020
- ^"Archived copy"(PDF).United Nations Development Programme(UNDP). Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 8 July 2014.Retrieved13 March2022.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^*Lamoureaux, Andrew Jackson (1911),,inChisholm, Hugh(ed.),Encyclopædia Britannica,vol. 3 (11th ed.), Cambridge University Press, p. 210
- ^"PRECIPITACAO MENSAL - ESTADO DA BAHIA".Departmento de Ciencas Atmosfericas. Archived fromthe originalon February 20, 2018.
- ^"TEMPERATURA MAXIMA MENSAL E ANUAL DA BAHIA".Departmento de Ciencas Atmosfericas. Archived fromthe originalon February 20, 2018.
- ^"TEMPERATURA COMPENSADA MENSAL E ANUAL DA BAHIA".Departmento de Ciencas Atmosfericas. Archived fromthe originalon December 30, 2021.
- ^"TEMPERATURA MINIMA MENSAL E ANUAL DA BAHIA".Departmento de Ciencas Atmosfericas. Archived fromthe originalon December 6, 2021.
- ^(in Portuguese),IBGE,2003https://web.archive.org/web/20070109005631/http://www.ibge.gov.br/cidadesat/default.php,archived fromthe originalon 2007-01-09
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