Juazeiro
Sign in to saveJuazeiro, formerly also known as Joazeiro, is a municipality in the state of Bahia, in the northeastern region of Brazil.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Juazeiro
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- Municipality
- Settlement.official_name
- Municipality of Juazeiro
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- Vista aérea de Juazeiro.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300
- Settlement.image_flag
- Juazeiro Flag.png
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- Brasão de Juazeiro.png
- Settlement.image_map
- Bahia Municip Juazeiro.svg
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- Location in Bahia
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- Country
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- Region
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- Northeast
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- State
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- Mesoregion
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- Vale São-Franciscano da Bahia
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- Microregion
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- Juazeiro
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- Mayor
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Juazeiro, formerly also known as Joazeiro, 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.