Barra
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Key facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Region
- Northeast
- State
- Bahia
- Founded
- August 23, 1753
- Mayor
- Artur da Silva Filho
- Total
- 11,422.537 km (4,410.266 sq mi)
- Density
- 4.720/km (12.22/sq mi)
- Demonym
- barrense
- Time zone
- UTC−3 ( BRT )
- Website
- www .barra .ba .gov .br
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Wikidata facts
- Demonym
- barrense
- Population
- 39806
- Area
- 11414.405
- Elevation
- 406
- Official website
- www.barra.ba.gov.br
- Image
- Barra Grande - Bahia.jpg
- Dialing code
- 74
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- Commons category
- Barra (Bahia)
- Human Development Index
- 0.557
- postal code
- 47100-000
- electorate
- 32583
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Barra is a municipality in Bahia, Brazil. Barra covers 11,422.537 km (4,410.266 mi), and has a population of 53,910 with a population density of 4.3 inhabitants per square kilometer.
Barra was originally settled by Xakriabá people who lived along the Rio São Francisco. A corral of Casa da Torre of Dias D’Ávila was established in the ravines of the Rio Grande (Bahia) in 1670 at the junction of the Rio Grande and São Francisco. The Franciscans built a chapel in 1680 and it became locally known as São Francisco das Chagas da Barra do Rio Grande do Sul. This settlement became the Vila de São Francisco do Rio Grande do Sul in 1752. The name was simplified in 1873 to Barra do Rio Grande, and again in 1931 to Barra.