Castro Alves, Bahia Explained
| Official Name: | Castro Alves, Bahia |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brazil |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Brazil |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Nordeste |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bahia |
| Leader Name: | Cloves Rocha Oliveira |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 711,335 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 [1] |
| Population Total: | 26,318 |
| Timezone: | BRT |
| Utc Offset: | -3 |
| Postal Code: | 44500-000 |
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Castro Alves, Bahia is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil.[2] [3] [4] [5] It was known as Vila de Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Curralinho, but it was rechristened Castro Alves in order to honor the poet who was born there.
See also
Notes and References
- https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/ba/castro-alves/panorama IBGE 2020
- Web site: Divisão Territorial do Brasil . July 1, 2008 . Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) . December 17, 2009. pt.
- Web site: Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009 . Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) . August 14, 2009 . December 17, 2009 . . pt . https://web.archive.org/web/20130807023656/http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf . August 7, 2013 . dead .
- Web site: Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil . 2000 . Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD) . December 17, 2009 . pt . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091003103229/http://www.pnud.org.br/atlas/ranking/IDH-M%2091%2000%20Ranking%20decrescente%20%28pelos%20dados%20de%202000%29.htm . October 3, 2009 .
- Web site: Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005 . December 19, 2007 . Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) . December 17, 2009 . pt . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081002024524/http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/economia/pibmunicipios/2005/tab01.pdf . October 2, 2008 .
