Jacobina
Sign in to saveJacobina is a city in the Centro Norte Baiano mesoregion of Bahia. It was founded July 28, 1722 and the population is 82,590. The town is surrounded by mountains, hills, lakes, rivers, springs, and waterfalls. Located in the northwest region of Bahia, in the extreme north of the Chapada Diamantina, Jacobina is 330 kilometers from Salvador and is also known as 'City of Gold', a legacy of the gold mines which attracted the pioneers from São Paulo in the early seventeenth century.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Jacobina
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Vista da cidade de Jacobina-BA.jpg
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- View of Jacobina
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandeira de Jacobina.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Bahia Municip Jacobina.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in Bahia
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Brazil
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Bahia
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Valdice Castro
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 2,319.825
- Settlement.population_footnotes
- 2020
- Settlement.population_total
- 82,590
- Settlement.population_density_km2
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Historic structures
- Climate
- References
Jacobina is a city in the Centro Norte Baiano mesoregion of Bahia. It was founded July 28, 1722 and the population is 82,590. The town is surrounded by mountains, hills, lakes, rivers, springs, and waterfalls. Located in the northwest region of Bahia, in the extreme north of the Chapada Diamantina, Jacobina is 330 kilometers from Salvador and is also known as 'City of Gold', a legacy of the gold mines which attracted the pioneers from São Paulo in the early seventeenth century.
==History==
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