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Heliópolis
Bahiatown
Total population
12,687
Demographic figures from IBGE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Heliópolis, a small town in Bahia, Brazil, forms part of the country's settled landscape. Coordinates of -10.675°, -38.282° situate Heliópolis in the tropical zone of the southern hemisphere. Public datasets list a population of roughly 12,687. Based on its tropical position, residents likely encounter warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. Open solar datasets indicate about 2,016 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 79% of daylight hours. Read on for charts and tables covering demographics, climate, hazards, schools, wildlife and other open-data indicators for Heliópolis.
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History & geography
History
Heliópolis began as a series of vacant lots and a few homes of factory workers, but from the 1960s and 1970s onwards there was a large land invasion. The informal settlement was built illegally, then was consolidated and turned into a neighborhood. In the area housing estates were built and CDHU COHAB replaced degraded horizontal buildings, although there are still several tracts in this condition. The dirt roads were replaced by asphalt, and thus consolidated in structure. In March 2008, international delegations visited the urbanization works in Heliopolis to study urban design and model the use of public space. Delegations were present from Lagos (Nigeria), La Paz (Bolivia), Cairo (Egypt), Manila (Philippines) and Ekurhuleni (South Africa).
Geography
Heliopolis had about 120,000 inhabitants in 2007 and 200,000 in 2018. Its area covers 1.2 km2. This makes it the largest slum population in the city, but the second in area behind Paraisópolis. Once considered the largest favela in Brazil, through a process of urbanization Heliopolis today has the status of a neighborhood. The neighborhood abouts the city of São Caetano do Sul and a creek, but due to the conurbation process these limits are not noticeable. On the banks of the creek there are electricity towers and undergrowth, representing the only green area on the border between São Paulo and São Caetano do Sul, since the other border is Avenida do Estado, a densely urbanized avenue bordering both margins of Tamanduateí River.
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
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Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
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Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
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Official Identifiers
IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics
- IBGE code
- 2911857
- UF
- BA
- Mesorregião
- Nordeste Baiano
- Microrregião
- Ribeira do Pombal
servicodados.ibge.gov.br
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • 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