Glória, Bahia

Glória Município de Glória
Municipality
Location of Glória in Bahia
Glória Location of Glória in Brazil
Coordinates: 09°20′20″S 38°15′25″W
Country	Brazil
Region	Northeast
State	Bahia
Founded	May 1, 1886
Government
• Mayor	Ena Vilma Pereira de Souza Negromonte (PP, 2013-2016)
Area
• Total	1,255.56 km^2 (484.77 sq mi)
Elevation	250 m (820 ft)
Population  (2020 [1])
• Total	15,234
• Density	12/km^2 (31/sq mi)
Demonym	Gloriense
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
Climate	BSh
Website	gloria.ba.leg.br

Glória is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. Glória covers 1,255.56 km² (484.77 sq mi), 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]

Languages

The Tuxá language was spoken along the São Francisco River near Glória.^[3]

See also

• List of municipalities in Bahia

References

1. IBGE 2020
2. "Glória" (in Portuguese). Brasília, Brazil: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
3. Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.