Juazeiro

Juazeiro, formerly also known as Joazeiro, is a municipality in the state of Bahia, in the northeastern region of Brazil.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Juazeiro
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.official_name: Municipality of Juazeiro
Settlement.image_skyline: Vista aérea de Juazeiro.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 300
Settlement.image_flag: Juazeiro Flag.png
Settlement.image_seal: Brasão de Juazeiro.png
Settlement.image_map: Bahia Municip Juazeiro.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location in Bahia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Northeast
Settlement.subdivision_type2: State
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Mesoregion
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Vale São-Franciscano da Bahia
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Microregion
Settlement.subdivision_name4: Juazeiro
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor

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Official website

Prefeitura Municipal de Juazeiro - BA | Portal Oficial da Gestão Municipal

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Wikidata facts

Demonym: juazeirense
Population: 128767
Area: 6500.520
Elevation: 368
Official website: www.juazeiro.ba.gov.br
Image: Juazeiro, State of Bahia, Brazil.jpg
Dialing code: 74

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Human Development Index: 0.677
inception: 1833-00-00
Commons category: Juazeiro (Bahia)
postal code: 48900-000
electorate: 151035

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Juazeiro, formerly also known as Joazeiro, is a municipality in the state of Bahia, in the northeastern region of Brazil.

The city is twinned with Petrolina, in the state of Pernambuco. The two cities are connected by a modern bridge crossing the São Francisco River. Together they form the metropolitan region of Petrolina-Juazeiro, an urban conglomerate of close to 500,000 inhabitants.