Campo Formoso

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Campo Formoso

Total population

71,377

Coordinates-10.51°, -40.32°

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

Overview

Campo Formoso is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. Campo Formoso covers 7,161.83 km2 (2,765.20 mi2), and has a population of 71,487 with a population density of 9.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. It is about 248 miles from Bahia's capital Salvador. It is famous for the gems, rare stones and caves that are abundant in the area and it is the host of the cement factory, Cimpor. The city is surrounded by green mountains, and on the edge of one of them there are four transmission towers which allow the population to be connected to the Internet, TV, cable TV, wireless and phone. Campo Formoso has hot weather with temperatures of about 25 °C.

Geography

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

Wildlife & biodiversity

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

Earthquake history

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

Notable people from here

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Alexandro Alves do Nascimento

Brazilian footballer (1974-2012)

Jefferson Nascimento

Brazilian footballer

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Augusto Jatobá

Brazilian vocalist and architect

Elmar Nascimento

Brazilian lawyer and politician, Federal Deputy of Bahia

Adolfo Menezes

Brazilian politician, President of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Bahia (2023 - 2027)

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Jose Wilson Ferreira Silva

politician from Brazil

Junior Nascimento

Brazilian politician, state deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Bahia

Vânia Galvão

federal public servant and Brazilian politician, former councilor of the city of Salvador

José Jatobá

Brazilian engineer, rancher and politician, federal deputy for the State of Bahia

Rômulo Galvão

Brazilian university professor and politician, state secretary of education and federal deputy for the State of Bahia

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

Nearby places in Bahia

• Carrapichel
  12.5 mi away
• Tijuaçu
  14.8 mi away
• Jenipapo
  15.7 mi away
• Igara
  16 mi away
• Pindobaçu
  16.4 mi away · pop. 19,083
• Filadélfia
  20.5 mi away · pop. 17,897
• Juacema
  23.4 mi away
• Nuguaçu
  25 mi away
• Sítio da Baraúna
  32.9 mi away
• Andorinha
  35 mi away · pop. 15,012
• Mirangaba
  35.2 mi away · pop. 15,734
• Caldeirão Grande
  35.3 mi away · pop. 13,080

Browse all places in Bahia →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Campo Formoso

Search results from Open Library.

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Campo Formoso, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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