Curaçá | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Official Name: | The Municipality of Curaçá |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Name1: | Northeast |
Subdivision Name2: | Bahia |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | July 6, 1832 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Pedro Oliveira (2016–2020) |
Area Total Km2: | 6442.190 |
Population As Of: | 2020 [1] |
Population Total: | 34,886 |
Population Density Km2: | 4.9 |
Timezone: | BRT |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Coordinates: | -8.9919°N -39.9078°W |
Blank Name: | HDI (2010) |
Blank Info: | 0.700 – high[2] |
Website: | www.curaca.ba.gov.br |
Curaçá is the northernmost city in the Brazilian state of Bahia.
The municipality was designated a priority area for conservation and sustainable use when the Caatinga Ecological Corridor was created in 2006.