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Correntina | |
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.jpg) Bridge crossing theDas Éguas River with Church of Our Lady of Gloria in the background | |
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 Location of Correntina in Bahia | |
  Correntina  Correntina | |
| Coordinates:13°20′35″S44°38′10″W / 13.34306°S 44.63611°W /-13.34306; -44.63611 | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Northeast |
| State |  Bahia |
| Founded | 15 May 1866[2] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Walter Mariano Messias de Souza (UNIÃO) (2025-2028)[3][4] |
| • Vice Mayor | Cassimiro Castro e Silva (PRD) (2025-2028)[3][4] |
| Area | |
• Total | 11,504.314 km2 (4,441.840 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 575 m (1,886 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 32,457[1] |
| • Density | 2.82/km2 (7.3/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Correntinense (Brazilian Portuguese)[1] |
| Time zone | UTC-03:00 (Brasília Time) |
| Postal code | 47650-000, 47654-000[5] |
| HDI (2010) | 0.603 –medium[1] |
| Website | correntina.ba.gov.br |
Correntina is amunicipality in the state ofBahia inBrazil, 500 km fromBrasília and 980 km fromSalvador. In 2020, the population was estimated at 32,191.[6]
Correntina was first mentioned in the dispatches of the Entradistas and Bandereirantes who visited the city in 1700 and 1790.
The Decree Federal Law of nº 311 signed byGetúlio Vargas on March 2, 1938, authorizing that the States made the territorial divisions, it was that, for the State Decree of nº 10.724, signed for the Federal interventor Landulpho Alves, in 30 of March 1938, the Village received the forum from City, under the baton of the Intendant Major Félix Joaquin de Araújo, however, they had only come to commemorate in 01 of January 1939, considering the delay in the art of if communicating.
The "Correntina", "Arojado", "Saint Antonio", "Guará" and "Rio do meio" rivers run near or through Correntina, and the Island of the Ranchão lies in the Correntina river. 1,200 meters away from the central city, the "Sete Ilhas" ("Seven Islands") form anarchipelago, typical of the city's natural environment.[7]
| Climate data for Correntina (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.0 (87.8) | 31.4 (88.5) | 30.9 (87.6) | 31.1 (88.0) | 31.3 (88.3) | 30.4 (86.7) | 30.6 (87.1) | 31.8 (89.2) | 33.6 (92.5) | 34.1 (93.4) | 31.8 (89.2) | 30.8 (87.4) | 31.6 (88.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 24.7 (76.5) | 25.0 (77.0) | 24.6 (76.3) | 24.5 (76.1) | 23.6 (74.5) | 21.9 (71.4) | 22.0 (71.6) | 23.2 (73.8) | 25.7 (78.3) | 26.7 (80.1) | 25.5 (77.9) | 24.8 (76.6) | 24.4 (75.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 19.9 (67.8) | 20.0 (68.0) | 20.0 (68.0) | 19.3 (66.7) | 17.2 (63.0) | 14.5 (58.1) | 14.2 (57.6) | 14.9 (58.8) | 18.2 (64.8) | 20.3 (68.5) | 20.6 (69.1) | 20.1 (68.2) | 18.3 (64.9) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 130 (5.1) | 104.4 (4.11) | 145.5 (5.73) | 62.0 (2.44) | 9.0 (0.35) | 0.5 (0.02) | 0.3 (0.01) | 2.3 (0.09) | 10.2 (0.40) | 74.2 (2.92) | 164.7 (6.48) | 220.8 (8.69) | 923.9 (36.37) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 9 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 67 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 77.9 | 76.0 | 77.2 | 73.8 | 68.4 | 64.0 | 59.9 | 54.7 | 50.1 | 57.8 | 72.0 | 77.2 | 67.4 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 224.4 | 204.0 | 222.4 | 240.5 | 264.8 | 271.5 | 284.0 | 299.2 | 276.4 | 241.8 | 180.6 | 190.3 | 2,899.9 |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia[8] | |||||||||||||
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