Juazeiro
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| Municipality of Juazeiro | |
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Location in Bahia
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| Coordinates: 09°25′50″S 40°30′10″W / 9.43056°S 40.50278°W / -9.43056; -40.50278 | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Northeast |
| State |  Bahia |
| Mesoregion | Vale São-Franciscano da Bahia |
| Microregion | Juazeiro |
| Founded | May 9, 1833 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Suzana Ramos |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,500.520 km2 (2,509.865 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 368 m (1,207 ft) |
| Population
(2020 est.)[2]
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| • Total | 218,162 |
| • Density | 34/km2 (87/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| HDI (2010) | 0.677 – medium[3] |
| Website | juazeiro |
Juazeiro, formerly also known as Joazeiro,[4] 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.
It was founded in 1833 [1] and became a city on July 15, 1878. Its name comes from the Juá [pt] tree which grows in the region.
Its city districts are Abóbora, Carnaíba, Itamotinga, Junco, Juremal, Massaroca, and Pinhões.[citation needed]
The annual average temperature is 26 °C or 78.8 °F. Although it lies on the São Francisco River and the Curaçá River, Juazeiro is one of the driest places in Brazil, with a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh) that is very close to being classified as a hot arid climate (BWh).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
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| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 35.3 (95.5) |
35.4 (95.7) |
34.9 (94.8) |
33.4 (92.1) |
30.8 (87.4) |
29.5 (85.1) |
29.1 (84.4) |
30.4 (86.7) |
33.2 (91.8) |
35.6 (96.1) |
36.3 (97.3) |
35.2 (95.4) |
33.3 (91.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.6 (81.7) |
27.7 (81.9) |
27.4 (81.3) |
26.5 (79.7) |
24.9 (76.8) |
23.6 (74.5) |
22.8 (73.0) |
23.4 (74.1) |
25.4 (77.7) |
27.4 (81.3) |
28.2 (82.8) |
27.4 (81.3) |
26 (79) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.8 (69.4) |
21.2 (70.2) |
21.1 (70.0) |
20.7 (69.3) |
19.7 (67.5) |
18.2 (64.8) |
17.2 (63.0) |
17.4 (63.3) |
18.9 (66.0) |
20.4 (68.7) |
21 (70) |
20.8 (69.4) |
19.8 (67.6) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 69.4 (2.73) |
71.1 (2.80) |
96.2 (3.79) |
40.9 (1.61) |
7.9 (0.31) |
2.6 (0.10) |
3.2 (0.13) |
1.9 (0.07) |
4 (0.2) |
9.9 (0.39) |
46.6 (1.83) |
60.6 (2.39) |
414.3 (16.35) |
| Source: [5][6][7][8] | |||||||||||||
There are highway connections with several capitals of the Northeast and railroad connections to the coast are made by the Ferrovia Centro-Atlântica. The railroad connection ends at the fluvial port of Juazeiro.[citation needed]
Like its sister city Petrolina, Juazeiro has experienced great growth in the last decade due to the irrigation of the semi-arid soils with water from the São Francisco River. Fruit cultivation is important to such an extent that Juazeiro entitles itself "Capital of Irrigated Fruit", which is exported between the Petrolina Airport to United States and/or Europe. For more detailed information on the development of this fertile valley see the article on Petrolina.
The main agricultural products in planted area according to the IBGE in 2003:
Both the city's professional football teams play at the Estádio Adauto Moraes: Juazeiro SC founded 1995, and SD Juazeirense founded in 2006.
Juazeiro is the birthplace of the following famous people:
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