Glória | |
Native Name: | Município de Glória |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Glória in Brazil |
Coordinates: | -9.3389°N -38.2569°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Name1: | Northeast |
Subdivision Name2: | Bahia |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | May 1, 1886 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Ena Vilma Pereira de Souza Negromonte (PP, 2013-2016) |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 1,255.56 |
Elevation M: | 250 |
Population As Of: | 2020 [1] |
Population Total: | 15,234 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Demonym: | Gloriense |
Timezone1: | BRT |
Utc Offset1: | -3 |
Blank1 Name: | Climate |
Glória is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. Glória covers 1255.56km2, and has a population of 15,234 with a population density of 13 inhabitants per square kilometer. It is located on the border of the states of Bahia, Pernambuco, and Alagoas on the banks of the Moxito River, now a lake as the result of the construction of Moxito Hydroelectric Power Plant.[2]
The Tuxá language was spoken along the São Francisco River near Glória.[3]