Cairu
Sign in to saveCairu is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. The municipality consists of three islands: the Island of Cairu, which is only separated from the mainland by a narrow river; Tinharé Island, which has the dense tourist settlement of Morro de São Paulo to the north; and Boipeba Island.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Cairu
- Settlement.official_name
- Municipality of Cairu
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandeira de Cairu.png
- Settlement.image_seal
- Brasão_de_Cairu_BA.png
- Settlement.image_map
- Bahia Municip Cairu.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in Bahia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Northeast
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1608
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Fernando Antonio dos Santo Brito
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 451.194
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
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Wikidata facts
- Demonym
- cairuense
- Population
- 15217
- Area
- 451.194
- Elevation
- 11
- Official website
- cairu.ba.io.org.br
- Image
- Morro de São Paulo.jpg
- Dialing code
- 75
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- Commons category
- Cairu
- Human Development Index
- 0.627
- postal code
- 45420-000
- electorate
- 13374
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Cairu is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. The municipality consists of three islands: the Island of Cairu, which is only separated from the mainland by a narrow river; Tinharé Island, which has the dense tourist settlement of Morro de São Paulo to the north; and Boipeba Island.
The municipality contains part of the of the Caminhos Ecológicos da Boa Esperança Environmental Protection Area, created in 2003.
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