Caetité
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Caetité () is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Bahia. It is located in the semi-arid sertão region in the interior of the state. It had an 52,012 inhabitants as of 2022. It covers and is from the state capital, Salvador. Caetité borders on ten other municipalities, all within Bahia: Igaporã, Guanambi, Pindaí, Licínio de Almeida, Caculé, Ibiassucê, Lagoa Real, Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Paramirim, and Tanque Novo.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Caetité
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Foto panorâmica de Caetité.jpeg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Aerial view of Caetité
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandeira caetite.svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Brasão de Caetité (1810).png
- Settlement.image_map
- Bahia Municip Caetite.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in Bahia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Brazil
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Bahia
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Valtécio Aguiar (2021 – 2024)
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 2651.5
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
- Settlement.population_total
- 52,012
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Wikidata facts
- Demonym
- caetiteense
- Population
- 47774
- Area
- 2442
- Elevation
- 894
- Official website
- www.caetite.ba.gov.br
- Image
- Caetité vista.jpg
- Dialing code
- 77
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- postal code
- 46400-000
- Commons category
- Caetité
- Commons gallery
- Caetité
- Human Development Index
- 0.625
- electorate
- 38500
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11 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Early history
- 18th century
- 19th century
- Economy
- Uranium mining
- Historic structures
- Notable people
- Climate
- References
Caetité () is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Bahia. It is located in the semi-arid sertão region in the interior of the state. It had an 52,012 inhabitants as of 2022. It covers and is from the state capital, Salvador. Caetité borders on ten other municipalities, all within Bahia: Igaporã, Guanambi, Pindaí, Licínio de Almeida, Caculé, Ibiassucê, Lagoa Real, Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Paramirim, and Tanque Novo.
Its economy is primarily based on mining, notably of amethyst, uranium, iron and manganese. Caetité is the only producer of uranium in Latin America. It is an important cultural center of the state of Bahia, and has a historic center with numerous protected buildings. Caetité is the birthplace of educational and political figures such as Anísio Teixeira, Paulo Souto, Waldick Soriano, known as the "Brazilian Frank Sinatra". It is also home to the first normal school in the Bahian sertão. The school was founded by Anísio Teixeira during his tenure as General Director of Public Instruction of Bahia, and opened in 1926.
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