Juazeiro

This article is about the city named simply as Juazeiro in the Brazilian state of Bahia. For the city with similar name in the state of Ceará, see Juazeiro do Norte. For the city with similar name in the state of Piauí, see Juazeiro do Piauí.
Juazeiro
Municipality
Municipality of Juazeiro
Flag of Juazeiro
Flag
Official seal of Juazeiro
Seal
Location in Bahia
Location in Bahia
Coordinates: 09°25′50″S 40°30′10″W / 9.43056°S 40.50278°W / -9.43056; -40.50278
Country Brazil
RegionNortheast
State Bahia
MesoregionVale São-Franciscano da Bahia
MicroregionJuazeiro
FoundedMay 9, 1833
Government
 • MayorSuzana Ramos
Area
[1]
 • Total
6,500.520 km2 (2,509.865 sq mi)
Elevation
368 m (1,207 ft)
Population
 (2020 est.)[2]
 • Total
218,162
 • Density34/km2 (87/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
HDI (2010)0.677 – medium[3]
Websitejuazeiro.ba.gov.br

Juazeiro, formerly also known as Joazeiro,[4] is a municipality in the state of Bahia, in the northeastern region of Brazil.

The city is twinned with Petrolina, in the state of Pernambuco. The two cities are connected by a modern bridge crossing the São Francisco River. Together they form the metropolitan region of Petrolina-Juazeiro, an urban conglomerate of close to 500,000 inhabitants.

History

It was founded in 1833 [1] Archived 2006-06-26 at the Wayback Machine and became a city on July 15, 1878. Its name comes from the Juá [pt] tree which grows in the region.

Organization

Its city districts are Abóbora, Carnaíba, Itamotinga, Junco, Juremal, Massaroca, and Pinhões.[citation needed]

Geography

Climate

The annual average temperature is 26 °C or 78.8 °F. Although it lies on the São Francisco River and the Curaçá River, Juazeiro is one of the driest places in Brazil, with a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh) that is very close to being classified as a hot arid climate (BWh).

Climate data for Juazeiro, Bahia
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 35.3
(95.5) 		35.4
(95.7) 		34.9
(94.8) 		33.4
(92.1) 		30.8
(87.4) 		29.5
(85.1) 		29.1
(84.4) 		30.4
(86.7) 		33.2
(91.8) 		35.6
(96.1) 		36.3
(97.3) 		35.2
(95.4) 		33.3
(91.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) 27.6
(81.7) 		27.7
(81.9) 		27.4
(81.3) 		26.5
(79.7) 		24.9
(76.8) 		23.6
(74.5) 		22.8
(73.0) 		23.4
(74.1) 		25.4
(77.7) 		27.4
(81.3) 		28.2
(82.8) 		27.4
(81.3) 		26
(79)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 20.8
(69.4) 		21.2
(70.2) 		21.1
(70.0) 		20.7
(69.3) 		19.7
(67.5) 		18.2
(64.8) 		17.2
(63.0) 		17.4
(63.3) 		18.9
(66.0) 		20.4
(68.7) 		21
(70) 		20.8
(69.4) 		19.8
(67.6)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 69.4
(2.73) 		71.1
(2.80) 		96.2
(3.79) 		40.9
(1.61) 		7.9
(0.31) 		2.6
(0.10) 		3.2
(0.13) 		1.9
(0.07) 		4
(0.2) 		9.9
(0.39) 		46.6
(1.83) 		60.6
(2.39) 		414.3
(16.35)
Source: [5][6][7][8]

Transport

Presidente Dutra bridge over São Francisco River connects Juazeiro and Petrolina

There are highway connections with several capitals of the Northeast and railroad connections to the coast are made by the Ferrovia Centro-Atlântica. The railroad connection ends at the fluvial port of Juazeiro.[citation needed]

Economy

Like its sister city Petrolina, Juazeiro has experienced great growth in the last decade due to the irrigation of the semi-arid soils with water from the São Francisco River. Fruit cultivation is important to such an extent that Juazeiro entitles itself "Capital of Irrigated Fruit", which is exported between the Petrolina Airport to United States and/or Europe. For more detailed information on the development of this fertile valley see the article on Petrolina.

The main agricultural products in planted area according to the IBGE in 2003:

  • bananas: 18 km2
  • coconut: 2.72 km2
  • guava: 2.5 km2
  • lemon: 2 km2
  • papaya: 0.45 km2
  • mango: 60 km2
  • passion fruit: 0.9 km2
  • grapes: 21 km2
  • sugarcane: 152.53 km2
  • onions: 3.4 km2
  • beans: 4.04 km2
  • manioc: 4.2 km2
  • watermelon: 4.5 km2
  • melon: 1.95 km2
  • tomato: 0.32 km2

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Sport

Both the city's professional football teams play at the Estádio Adauto Moraes: Juazeiro SC founded 1995, and SD Juazeirense founded in 2006.

Notable people

Juazeiro is the birthplace of the following famous people:

See also

References

  1. ^ "Área territorial oficial" [Official Territorial Area] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics(IBGE). 2002-10-10. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
  2. ^ IBGE 2020
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ * Lamoureaux, Andrew Jackson (1911), "Bahia (city)" , in Chisholm, Hugh (ed.), Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 3 (11th ed.), Cambridge University Press, p. 210
  5. ^ "PRECIPITACAO MENSAL - ESTADO DA BAHIA". Departmento de Ciencas Atmosfericas. Archived from the original on February 20, 2018.
  6. ^ "TEMPERATURA MAXIMA MENSAL E ANUAL DA BAHIA". Departmento de Ciencas Atmosfericas. Archived from the original on February 20, 2018.
  7. ^ "TEMPERATURA COMPENSADA MENSAL E ANUAL DA BAHIA". Departmento de Ciencas Atmosfericas. Archived from the original on December 30, 2021.
  8. ^ "TEMPERATURA MINIMA MENSAL E ANUAL DA BAHIA". Departmento de Ciencas Atmosfericas. Archived from the original on December 6, 2021.
  9. ^ (in Portuguese), IBGE, 2003 https://web.archive.org/web/20070109005631/http://www.ibge.gov.br/cidadesat/default.php, archived from the original on 2007-01-09 {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)