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Igaporã
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Igaporã
Total population
15,527
Demographic figures from IBGE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Igaporã is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. It is located in the semi-arid sertão region in the interior of the state. It had an estimated 15,650 inhabitants as of 2020. It covers 836.586 square kilometres (323.008 mi2) and is 682 kilometres (424 mi) from the state capital, Salvador. It is located in the southwest region of Bahia close to the Chapada Diamantina, a mountainous region of the state. Igaporã became an independent municipality by the State Law 556 of March, 25th 1953, and its territory was dismembered from the neighboring municipality of Caetité.
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History
Bernardo de Brito, a Brazilian nobleman, came to present-day Igaporã in the 19th century. He settled in Pedra do Santo Antonio, and built a farmhouse. The settlement was elevated to village status in 1884 under the name Bonito, and was part of Caetité. It was elevated to district level on January 1, 1944 under the name of Igaporã. Igaporã was separated from Caetité in 1954, but the geographic division was declared unconstitutional in 1958, and Igaporã again became a district of Caetité. It was fully separated from Caetité on September 1, 1960, and the municipality dates it foundation to 1960. Igaporã became known for its "strong and fierce political disputes."
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
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Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
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Official Identifiers
IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics
- IBGE code
- 2913408
- UF
- BA
- Mesorregião
- Centro Sul Baiano
- Microrregião
- Guanambi
servicodados.ibge.gov.br
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • iNaturalist
- • 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