What is the population of Maraú, Bahia?

Maraú has a population of approximately 24,527 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Maraú, Bahia located?

Maraú is located in Bahia, Brazil, at approximate coordinates -14.1030°, -39.0144°.

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Maraú

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Maraú

Total population

24,527

Elevation12 m

Land area823.36 km²

Coordinates-14.10°, -39.01°

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City facts

Elevation

12 m

Area

823.36 km²

Official website

www.marau.ba.gov.br

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Overview

Maraú is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. The municipality is located in a peninsula called "Península de Maraú", physiographic area called "Região Cacaueira". The city is rich in minerals, especially oil shale gypsum and oil.

History & geography

History

The town originally called "Mayrahú" was an Indian village called "Mayra". No one knows about the disappearance of the Indian tribe, nor to which branch it belonged. The area was discovered in 1705 by Italian Capuchin friars who named it "São Sebastião de Mayrahú" (St. Sebastian of Mayrahú). In 1938 it became a city. Maraú has beautiful beaches of rare beauty and clear water surrounds most of its villages. It also has dozens of islands, waterfalls, mangroves ... Its best-known villages are: Barra Grande, Saquaíra, Taipus de Fora and Algodões

Geography

The municipality contains 49.32% of the Baía de Camamu Environmental Protection Area, created in 2002. * Algodões; * Arandí; * Barra; * Cassange; * Mangueira; * Piracanga; * Saquaíra; * Três Coqueiros; * Taipús de Fora; * Campinho.

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Geography

Latitude

-14.1030

Longitude

-39.0144

Water area

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

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Air quality

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Wildlife & biodiversity

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Notable people from here

Erickson de Almeida Maió

Brazilian writer

Augusto Cesar Porto Ribeiro

Brazilian politician

Pedro Ingber

person identified in the Museu da Pessoa collection

Gutemberg Duarte Palumbo

person identified in the Museu da Pessoa collection

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

Nearby places in Bahia

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)

5.15

Annual solar (kWh/m²)

1,880

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

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Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)

153

Avg daily Wikipedia views

Attention level

Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

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Official Identifiers

IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics

IBGE code: 2920700
UF: BA
Mesorregião: Sul Baiano
Microrregião: Valença

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• Wikipedia
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• 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