Official Name: | Terra Nova (Bahia) |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brazil |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Name1: | Nordeste |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Bahia |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2020 [1] |
Population Total: | 13,025 |
Timezone: | BRT |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Terra Nova (Bahia) is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. It is located at a latitude 12 ° 23'30 "South and longitude 38 ° 37'30 "west. It has a population of 13,025 (2020 estimate).[2] [3]
In 1819, a fair was instituted, to take place every Thursday, by the owner of the Engenho de Aramaré Luis Paulino d'Oliveira Pinto da França.After this a town must have grown around the fair grounds, and on land given by the family of Arthur Pacheco Pereira, a champion of the town's emancipation.[4]