| Juazeiro | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Official Name: | Municipality of Juazeiro |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Brazil |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Northeast |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Type3: | Mesoregion |
| Subdivision Name3: | Vale São-Franciscano da Bahia |
| Subdivision Type4: | Microregion |
| Subdivision Name4: | Juazeiro |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Suzana Ramos |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | May 9, 1833 |
| Established Title1: | Founded |
| Established Date2: | July 15th, 1878 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 6500.520 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 est. |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 218,162 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | BRT |
| Utc Offset: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | -9.4306°N -40.5028°W |
| Elevation M: | 368 |
| Postal Code Type: | Zip Code |
| Blank Name: | HDI (2010) |
| Blank Info: | 0.677 – medium[3] |
Juazeiro, formerly also known as Joazeiro,[4] is a municipality in the state of Bahia, in the northeastern region of Brazil.
The city is twinned with Petrolina, in the state of Pernambuco. The two cities are connected by a modern bridge crossing the São 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 http://www.citybrazil.com.br/ba/juazeiro/ and became a city on July 15, 1878.Its name comes from the tree which grows in the region.
Its city districts are Abóbora, Carnaíba, Itamotinga, Junco, Juremal, Massaroca, and Pinhões.
The annual average temperature is 261NaN1. Although it lies on the São Francisco River and the Curaçá River, Juazeiro is one of the driest places in Brazil, with a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh) that is very close to being classified as a hot arid climate (BWh).
There are highway connections with several capitals of the Northeast and railroad connections to the coast are made by the Ferrovia Centro-Atlântica. The railroad connection ends at the fluvial port of Juazeiro.
Like its sister city Petrolina, Juazeiro has experienced great growth in the last decade due to the irrigation of the semi-arid soils with water from the São Francisco River. Fruit cultivation is important to such an extent that Juazeiro entitles itself "Capital of Irrigated Fruit", which is exported between the Petrolina Airport to United States and/or Europe. For more detailed information on the development of this fertile valley see the article on Petrolina.
The main agricultural products in planted area according to the IBGE in 2003:
Both the city's professional football teams play at the Estádio Adauto Moraes: Juazeiro SC founded 1995, and SD Juazeirense founded in 2006.
Juazeiro is the birthplace of the following famous people:
Singer-guitarist, one of the most prominent Brazilian musicians, popular internationally as the father of bossa nova.
convicted rapist and right back footballer of the Brazilian national team, formerly of Bahia, FC Barcelona, and Sevilla, Pumas of UNAM Mexico City, Juventus, PSG and São Paulo FC.
Brazilian former professional footballer, winner of three national championships