Juazeiro | |
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| Municipality of Juazeiro | |
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 Location in Bahia | |
| Coordinates:09°25′50″S40°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] | |
• 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 asJoazeiro,[4] is amunicipality in the state ofBahia, in thenortheastern region of Brazil.
The city is twinned withPetrolina, in the state ofPernambuco. The two cities are connected by a modern bridge crossing theSão 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[5] and became a city on July 15, 1878.Its name comes from theJuá [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 theSão Francisco River and theCuraçá River, Juazeiro is one of the driest places in Brazil, with ahot semi-arid climate (KöppenBSh) that is very close to being classified as ahot 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) |
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There are highway connections with several capitals of the Northeast and railroad connections to the coast are made by theFerrovia Centro-Atlântica. The railroad connection ends at the fluvial port of Juazeiro.[citation needed]
Like its sister cityPetrolina, Juazeiro has experienced great growth in the last decade due to the irrigation of the semi-arid soils with water from theSão Francisco River.Fruit cultivation is important to such an extent that Juazeiro entitles itself "Capital of Irrigated Fruit", which is exported between thePetrolina Airport to United States and/orEurope. For more detailed information on the development of this fertile valley see the article onPetrolina.
The main agricultural products in planted area according to theIBGE in 2003:
Both the city's professionalfootball teams play at theEstádio Adauto Moraes:Juazeiro SC founded 1995, andSD Juazeirense founded in 2006.
Juazeiro is the birthplace of the following famous people:
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