Jeremoabo

Jeremoabo
Municipality
Nickname(s): Jeré

Location in Bahia
Jeremoabo

Location in Brazil

Coordinates: 10°4′1″S 38°21′00″W / 10.06694°S 38.35000°W / -10.06694; -38.35000Coordinates: 10°4′1″S 38°21′00″W / 10.06694°S 38.35000°W / -10.06694; -38.35000
Country  Brazil
Region Nordeste
State Bahia
Mesoregion Northeast of Bahia
Microregion Jeremoabo
Settled ~1625
Founded (as village) 25 October 1831
Incorporated (municipality) 6 July 1925
Government
  Mayor Anabel de Sá Lima
Area[1]
  Total 1,797.795 sq mi (4,656.267 km2)
Elevation 892 ft (272 m)
Population (2014)[2]
  Total 40,851
Time zone BRT (UTC-3)
CEP postal code 48540-000
Area code 75
HDI (2010) [3] 0,547
Website Municipality official website

Jeremoabo is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil.[4][5][6][7]

The municipality contains part of the Raso da Catarina ecoregion.[8] The municipality contains the 7,473 hectares (18,470 acres) Cocorobó Area of Relevant Ecological Interest, created in 1984.[9] The municipality contains part of the 104,842 hectares (259,070 acres) Raso da Catarina Ecological Station, created in 2001.[10] To the south of the ecological station it contains the 67,234 hectares (166,140 acres) Serra Branca / Raso da Catarina Environmental Protection Area, also created in 2001.[11]

Notable people

See also

References

  1. "Área territorial oficial" [Official Territorial Area] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). 2002-10-10. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
  2. "Estimativas de população para 1º de julho de 2014" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). Retrieved 2014-12-03.
  3. "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" [Ranking of HDI-M of Brazilian Municipalities] (PDF) (in Portuguese). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). 2010. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
  4. "Divisão Territorial do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  5. "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  6. "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  7. "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  8. "Lampião e Conselheiro no Raso da Catarina", Bahia! (in Portuguese), retrieved 2016-11-03
  9. Área de Relevante Interesse Ecológico Cocorobó (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-11-02
  10. Unidade de Conservação: Estação Ecológica Raso da Catarina (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-04-19
  11. APA Serra Branca / Raso da Catarina (in Portuguese), INEMA: Instituto do Meio Ambiente e Recursos Hídricos (BA), retrieved 2016-11-03
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