Juazeiro, Bahia, Northeast Region, Brazil

History | Organization | Transport | Economy | Sport

🇧🇷 Juazeiro, formerly also known as Joazeiro, is a municipality in the state of Bahia, in the north-eastern 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.

History It was founded in 1833 and became a city on July 15, 1878. Its name comes from the Juá tree which grows in the region.

Organization Its city districts are Abóbora, Carnaíba, Itamotinga, Junco, Juremal, Massaroca, and Pinhões.

Transport 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.

Economy 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: • bananas: 18 km² • coconut: 2.72 km² • guava: 2.5 km² • lemon: 2 km² • papaya: 0.45 km² • mango: 60 km² • passion fruit: 0.9 km² • grapes: 21 km² • sugarcane: 152.53 km² • onions: 3.4 km² • beans: 4.04 km² • manioc: 4.2 km² • watermelon: 4.5 km² • melon: 1.95 km² • tomato: 0.32 km².

Sport Both the city's professional football teams play at the Estádio Adauto Moraes: Juazeiro SC founded 1995, and SD Juazeirense founded in 2006.

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Juazeiro has a population of over 218,200 people. Juazeiro also forms part of the wider Polo Petrolina e Juazeiro District which has a population of over 786,244 people. It is also a part of the larger Bahia State.

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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Juazeiro has links with:

🇧🇷 Petrolina, Brazil
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Antipodal to Juazeiro is: 139.493,9.426

Locations Near: Juazeiro -40.5071,-9.42572

🇧🇷 Petrolina -40.509,-9.395 d: 3.5  

🇧🇷 Senhor do Bonfim -40.188,-10.455 d: 119.6  

🇧🇷 Jacobina -40.517,-11.167 d: 193.6  

🇧🇷 Paulo Afonso -38.224,-9.398 d: 250.5  

🇧🇷 Crato -39.4,-7.233 d: 272.5  

🇧🇷 Juazeiro do Norte -39.333,-7.2 d: 279.2  

🇧🇷 Serra Talhada -38.295,-7.99 d: 290.9  

🇧🇷 Lagarto -37.664,-10.915 d: 352.5  

🇧🇷 Feira de Santana -38.965,-12.255 d: 356.9  

🇧🇷 Santana do Ipanema -37.233,-9.367 d: 359.2  

Antipodal to: Juazeiro 139.493,9.426

🇵🇼 Ngerulmud 134.627,7.487 d: 19438.2  

🇬🇺 Hagåtña 144.746,13.467 d: 19287.4  

🇬🇺 Tamuning 144.767,13.483 d: 19284.5  

🇬🇺 Dededo 144.836,13.515 d: 19276.4  

🇲🇵 Saipan 145.753,15.189 d: 19080.9  

🇮🇩 Manokwari 134.083,-0.867 d: 18723.3  

🇮🇩 Jayapura 140.72,-2.529 d: 18678.9  

🇮🇩 Sorong 131.293,-0.867 d: 18554.2  

🇵🇭 Bislig 126.32,8.214 d: 18561.5  

🇵🇭 Tandag 126.196,9.077 d: 18555.3  

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