Canudos

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Canudos

Total population

16,105

Coordinates-9.89°, -39.03°

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

Overview

Canudos is a municipality in the northeast region of Bahia, Brazil. The original town, since flooded by the Cocorobó Dam, was the scene of violent clashes between peasants and republican police in the 1890s.

Geography

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

Nearby places in Bahia

• Canché
  8.5 mi away
• Bedengó
  10.5 mi away
• Uauá
  31.2 mi away · pop. 24,665
• Patamuté
  45 mi away
• Algodões
  54.6 mi away · pop. 12,089
• Salgado
  55 mi away
• Pelado
  55.2 mi away
• Poço de Fora
  55.7 mi away
• Duas Serras
  58.2 mi away
• Segredo
  61.1 mi away
• Chorrochó
  63.4 mi away · pop. 10,579
• Nordestina
  69.9 mi away · pop. 18,523

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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 Canudos

Canudos

Odorico Tavares · 1993

Campanha de Canudos

Aristides Augusto Milton · 1979

Memorial de Canudos =

T. Gaudenzi · 1993

Descrição de uma viagem a Canudos

Alvim Martins Horcades · 1996

Os mal-aventurados do Belo Monte

Eldon Dantas Canário · 1997

Libelo republicano acompanhado de comentários sobre a Guerra de Canudos

César Zama · 1989

Recortes de Canudos

1997

Cartografia de Canudos

José Calasans Brandão da Silva · 1997

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Chamaecrista ramosa

Chamaecrista ramosa

Seen 2026-08-12

Lepidaploa chalybaea

Lepidaploa chalybaea

Seen 2026-08-12

Burrowing Owl

Athene cunicularia

Seen 2026-08-12

Cliff Flycatcher

Hirundinea ferruginea

Seen 2026-08-12

Bat Falcon

Falco rufigularis

Seen 2026-08-12

Blue-crowned Parakeet

Thectocercus acuticaudatus

Seen 2026-08-12

Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle

Geranoaetus melanoleucus

Seen 2026-08-12

Callionima grisescens

Callionima grisescens

Seen 2026-08-12

Pale Damsel Bug

Nabis capsiformis

Seen 2026-08-11

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers