Campo Formoso | |
Native Name: | Terra dos Minérios e Esmeraldas |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Campo Formoso in the Brazil |
Coordinates: | -10.5089°N -40.3208°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Name1: | Northeast |
Subdivision Name2: | Bahia |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | July 28, 1880 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Rosangela Maria Monteiro de Menezes (PSD)(2017 – 2020) |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 7,258.68 |
Elevation M: | 566 |
Population As Of: | 2020 [1] |
Population Total: | 71,487 hab. (BA: 28°) |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Demonym: | campo-formosense |
Timezone1: | BRT |
Utc Offset1: | -3 |
Postal Code: | 44790-000 |
Website: | campoformoso.ba.gov.br |
Campo Formoso is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. Campo Formoso covers 7161.83km2, and has a population of 71,487 with a population density of 9.2 inhabitants per square kilometer.[1] It is about 248 miles from Bahia's capital Salvador. It is famous for the gems, rare stones and caves that are abundant in the area and it is the host of the cement factory, Cimpor. The city is surrounded by green mountains, and on the edge of one of them there are four transmission towers which allow the population to be connected to the Internet, TV, cable TV, wireless and phone. Campo Formoso has hot weather with temperatures of about 25 °C.[2] [3] [4] [5]