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Cruz das Almas

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Cruz das Almas

Total population

60,348

Air quality index

23Good
Elevation220 m
Land area145.74 km²
Coordinates-12.67°, -39.11°

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City facts

Elevation
220 m
Area
145.74 km²
Official website
www.cruzdasalmas.ba.gov.br

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Cruz das Almas is a municipality, in the state of Bahia, in Brazil. Founded in 1897, it is home to the Federal University of Recôncavo da Bahia and is one of the main cities of Bahia.

Read more on Wikipedia

History & geography

Geography

Latitude
-12.6723
Longitude
-39.1054
Water area
—
View on OpenStreetMap

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

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
23
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
5.7
PM10 (µg/m³)
8.5
Ozone (µg/m³)
32
NO₂ (µg/m³)
8.1

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

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
2,121
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Turkey Vulture
    Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    8
  • Great Kiskadee
    Pitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    8
  • Black Vulture
    Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) · Aves
    5
  • Masked Water-Tyrant
    Fluvicola nengeta (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    5
  • Southern Caracara
    Caracara plancus (J.F.Miller, 1777) · Aves
    4
  • Sayaca Tanager
    Thraupis sayaca (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    4
  • House Sparrow
    Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    4
  • Burnished-buff Tanager
    Stilpnia cayana (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    3

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

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
1
Largest magnitude
4.6
Largest event
2020-08-30

Most recent

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

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

V
Valdemir Pereira
Brazilian boxer
Danilo Cruz
Danilo Cruz
Brazilian association football player
S
Saney Sampaio
Brazilian politician
Alan Castro
Alan Castro
Brazilian physician and politician
A
Altemir dos Santos Dias
Brazilian politician
Geraldo Almeida Souza
Geraldo Almeida Souza
politician from Brazil
J
Jacinta Passos
Brazilian writer
E
Eunápio Cavalcante Costa
person identified in the Museu da Pessoa collection
O
Onildo Magalhães Costa
person identified in the Museu da Pessoa collection

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

Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
5.28
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,927

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

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
113
Avg daily Wikipedia views
4
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Cruz das Almas

Memória da Semana da Biblioteca, Cruz das Almas, BA, 23 a 27 de maio de 1983
Semana da Biblioteca (1983 Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brazil) · 1983
Cruz das Almas, a Brazilian village
Donald Pierson · 1948
Cruz das Almas
Cruz das Almas
Donald Pierson · 1951
Plano diretor urbano-habitacional de apoio ao sistema UFBa-EMBRAPA em Cruz das Almas
CLAN S/A-Consultoria e Planejamento. · 1977
Das minhas raízes
Alino Matta Santana · 1982

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Events

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Cruz das Almas, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

500px photo (58230950) — Cruz das Almas, Brazil0.2 miEntardecer Do teatro Larajeira - panoramio — Cruz das Almas, Brazil0.6 miNEPA - UFRB - Cruz das Almas - BA - panoramio — Cruz das Almas, Brazil1.6 miISS021-E-20981 - View of Brazil — Cruz das Almas, Brazil2 miMicrogramma vacciniifolia (Langsd. & Fisch.) Copel. (6841118080) — Cruz das Almas, Brazil2.9 miMicrogramma vacciniifolia (Langsd. & Fisch.) Copel. (6987239863) — Cruz das Almas, Brazil2.9 miMicrogramma vacciniifolia (Langsd. & Fisch.) Copel. (6987239049) — Cruz das Almas, Brazil2.9 miMicrogramma vacciniifolia (Langsd. & Fisch.) Copel. (6841117554) — Cruz das Almas, Brazil2.9 miMicrogramma vacciniifolia (Langsd. & Fisch.) Copel. (6987239359) — Cruz das Almas, Brazil2.9 miBR-101 - Muro decorado — Cruz das Almas, Brazil3.8 miISS021-E-20983 - View of Brazil — Cruz das Almas, Brazil5 miISS021-E-20982 - View of Brazil — Cruz das Almas, Brazil5 miISS065-E-359952 - View of Earth — Cruz das Almas, Brazil5 miISS065-E-363474 - View of Earth — Cruz das Almas, Brazil5 miCemitério de Outeiro Redondo (4) — Cruz das Almas, Brazil5.6 miCemitério de Outeiro Redondo (1) — Cruz das Almas, Brazil5.7 miCemitério de Outeiro Redondo (5) — Cruz das Almas, Brazil5.7 mi

Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.

Official Identifiers

IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics

IBGE code
2909802
UF
BA
Mesorregião
Metropolitana de Salvador
Microrregião
Santo Antônio de Jesus

servicodados.ibge.gov.br

Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikimedia Commons
  • • Wikidata
  • • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • Open Library
  • • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
  • • 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