Ilhéus

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Ilhéus

Total population

178,649

Coordinates-14.79°, -39.05°

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

Overview

Ilhéus is a major city located in the southern coastal region of Bahia, Brazil, 211 km south of Salvador, the state's capital. The city was founded in 1534 as Vila de São Jorge dos Ilhéus and is known as one of the most important tourism centers of the northeast of Brazil.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Aldair

Brazilian association football player

E

Esmeralda Barros

Brazilian actress (1944–2019)

Ricardo Santos Lago

Footballer (born 1980)

Fernando Alves Santa Clara

Brazilian footballer and manager

Fany Solter

Brazilian musician

G

George Santos Silva

Brazilian footballer

G

Geraldo Del Rey

Brazilian actor (1930–1993)

A

Arlindo dos Santos Cruz

Brazilian footballer

F

Fernando Cardoso

Brazilian association football player

Luciana dos Santos

athletics competitor

W

Wálder dos Santos

association football player

É

Édson dos Santos

association football player

C

Carlito Palmeira

Eduardo Vilas Boas Catalão

agronomist and Brazilian politician

Fábio Lago

Brazilian actor

Jabes Ribeiro

Brazilian lawyer, teacher and politician, former mayor of Ilhéus

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

Nearby places in Bahia

• Coutos
  5.5 mi away
• Aritaguá
  9 mi away
• Buerarema
  20.6 mi away · pop. 14,804
• Uruçuca
  21.3 mi away · pop. 21,420
• Itapé
  26.3 mi away · pop. 10,341
• Pimenteira
  30.6 mi away
• Bandeira do Almada
  32.1 mi away
• Banco Central
  33.3 mi away
• Inema
  34.8 mi away
• Aurelino Leal
  37.8 mi away · pop. 11,179
• Ubaitaba
  38 mi away · pop. 17,596
• Itatingui
  38.4 mi away

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 Ilhéus

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Lantana Hairstreak

Tmolus echion

Seen 2026-09-17

Silver Garden Orbweaver

Argiope argentata

Seen 2026-09-17

Gray-spotted Scrub-Hairstreak

Strymon astiocha

Seen 2026-09-17

Burnished-buff Tanager

Stilpnia cayana

Seen 2026-09-17

silverleafed princess flower

Pleroma heteromallum

Seen 2026-09-17

Amazon Sapphire Pinktoe Tarantula

Ybyrapora diversipes

Seen 2026-09-16

Cajango vindicator

Cajango vindicator

Seen 2026-09-16

White-tipped Black

Melanchroia chephise

Seen 2026-09-15

Anthurium bellissimum

Anthurium bellissimum

Seen 2026-09-12

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

Official Identifiers