Jeremoabo

Jeremoabo
Municipality
Flag Seal
Nickname:  Jeré
Location in Bahia
Jeremoabo Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 10°4′1″S 38°21′00″W
Country	Brazil
Region	Nordeste
State	Bahia
Mesoregion	Northeast of Bahia
Microregion	Jeremoabo
Settled	~1625
Founded (as village)	25 October 1831
Incorporated (municipality)	6 July 1925
Government
• Mayor	Anabel de Sá Lima
Area [1]
• Total	1,797.795 sq mi (4,656.267 km^2)
Elevation	892 ft (272 m)
Population  (2020 [2])
• Total	40,651
Time zone	UTC−3 ( BRT)
CEP postal code	48540-000
Area code	75
HDI (2010) [3]	0,547
Website	jeremoabo.ba.gov.br

Jeremoabo is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil.^[4][5][6][7]

The municipality contains part of the Raso da Catarina ecoregion.^[8] The municipality contains the 7,473 hectares (18,470 acres) Cocorobó Area of Relevant Ecological Interest, created in 1984.^[9] The municipality contains part of the 104,842 hectares (259,070 acres) Raso da Catarina Ecological Station, created in 2001.^[10] To the south of the ecological station it contains the 67,234 hectares (166,140 acres) Serra Branca / Raso da Catarina Environmental Protection Area, also created in 2001.^[11]

Notable people

• Jemerson (footballer)

See also

• List of municipalities in Bahia

References

1. "Área territorial oficial" [Official Territorial Area] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). 2002-10-10. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
2. IBGE 2020
3. "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" [Ranking of HDI-M of Brazilian Municipalities] (PDF) (in Portuguese). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). 2010. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
4. "Divisão Territorial do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Archived from the original on June 14, 2020. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
5. "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
6. "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
7. "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
8. "Lampião e Conselheiro no Raso da Catarina", Bahia! (in Portuguese), archived from the original on 2016-10-23, retrieved 2016-11-03
9. Área de Relevante Interesse Ecológico Cocorobó (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, archived from the original on 2013-11-16, retrieved 2016-11-02
10. Unidade de Conservação: Estação Ecológica Raso da Catarina (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-04-19
11. APA Serra Branca / Raso da Catarina (in Portuguese), INEMA: Instituto do Meio Ambiente e Recursos Hídricos (BA), archived from the original on 2021-05-03, retrieved 2016-11-03