Jandaíra
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Jandaíra is the easternmost city in the Brazilian state of Bahia. The city is famous because of the Mangue seco village and beach.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Jandaíra
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.official_name
- The Municipality of Jandaíra
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Mangue Seco.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Mangue seco beach in Jandaíra.
- Settlement.image_map
- Bahia_Municip_Jandaira.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in Bahia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Brazil
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Northeast
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Bahia
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- July 6, 1832
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Brazil
- Demonym
- jandairense
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Bahia
- Population
- 10027
- Area
- 641.206
- Elevation
- 66
- Shares border with
- Rio Real
- Image
- Mangue Seco.jpg
- Dialing code
- 75
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- Commons category
- Jandaíra (Bahia)
- Human Development Index
- 0.55
- electorate
- 7846
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- See also
- References
Jandaíra is the easternmost city in the Brazilian state of Bahia. The city is famous because of the Mangue seco village and beach.
==History== Among the main historical events in Jandaíra, the following stand out: 1548 — Settlement of nearby Vila de Santa Cruz da Bela Vista by a group of shipwrecked Jesuits, part of the modern-day beach village of Mangue Seco. 1718 — Elevation of the village to the category of parish. 1728 — Elevation of the parish to the category of village, with the name Abadia. 1927 — Abadia changes to the current name Jandaíraz. 1933 — Elevation to the category of municipality, with the title of Jandaíra.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jandaíra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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