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Barra do Mendes

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Barra do Mendes

Total population

13,836

Air quality index

26Good
Elevation121 m
Land area1252.09 km²
Coordinates-11.81°, -42.06°

Demographic figures from IBGE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

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City facts

Elevation
121 m
Area
1252.09 km²
Time zone
UTC−03:00
Official website
barradomendes.ba.gov.br

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Barra do Mendes is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil.

Read more on Wikipedia

History & geography

Geography

Latitude
-11.8053
Longitude
-42.0570
Water area
—
View on OpenStreetMap

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
26
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
3.4
PM10 (µg/m³)
4.8
Ozone (µg/m³)
71
NO₂ (µg/m³)
0.2

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
8
Distinct species (top 10)
8

Most-observed species

  • Cloudless Giant Sulphur
    Phoebis sennae (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
    1
  • Purple bush-bean, Siratro, Atro, Atro siratro, Purple bean
    Macroptilium atropurpureum (DC.) Urb. · Magnoliopsida
    1
  • Oneleaf Senna
    Senna uniflora (Mill.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby · Magnoliopsida
    1
  • Painted Euphorbia
    Euphorbia heterophylla L. · Magnoliopsida
    1
  • Facheiroa ulei (Gürke) Werderm.
    Facheiroa ulei (Gürke) Werderm. · Magnoliopsida
    1
  • Leocereus bahiensis Britton & Rose
    Leocereus bahiensis Britton & Rose · Magnoliopsida
    1
  • Tacinga inamoena (K.Schum.) N.P.Taylor & Stuppy
    Tacinga inamoena (K.Schum.) N.P.Taylor & Stuppy · Magnoliopsida
    1
  • Pilosocereus pachycladus F.Ritter
    Pilosocereus pachycladus F.Ritter · Magnoliopsida
    1

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
0
Largest magnitude
—
Largest event
—

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

J
Jose Barreto Miranda
Brazilian politician (1948-)
J
Jerton Miranda Sodre
politician from Brazil
L
Lázaro Barbosa de Souza
Brazilian murderer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
5.98
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
2,183

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
35
Avg daily Wikipedia views
1
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about this place

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Events

Gallery

Official Identifiers

IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics

IBGE code
2903003
UF
BA
Mesorregião
Centro Norte Baiano
Microrregião
Irecê

servicodados.ibge.gov.br

Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikidata
  • • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • IBGE — Brazilian national statistics, via servicodados.ibge.gov.br (official municipal code, UF, mesorregião, microrregião, region)
  • • IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics — servicodados.ibge.gov.br