Jucuruçu
Sign in to saveJucuruçu is a municipality in the southern part of the state of Bahia in the Northeast region of Brazil. It covers an area of approximately and had an estimated population of 9,944 in 2024. The municipality is located about from the state capital, Salvador, and borders the municipalities of Guaratinga, Itamaraju, Vereda, and Palmópolis (in Minas Gerais).
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Jucuruçu
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Município de Jucuruçu - Bahia.jpg
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- View of Jucuruçu
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- Bandeira_de_Jucuruçu.jpg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Brasão_de_Jucuruçu.jpg
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- Brazil
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- bottom
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- Location in Brazil
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Northeast
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- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Bahia
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 24 February 1989
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- Mayor
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- Arivaldo de Almeida Costa (PSDB)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Brazil
- Demonym
- jucuruçuense
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Bahia
- Population
- 16012
- Area
- 1438.463
- Elevation
- 250
- Shares border with
- Vereda
- Image
- Município de Jucuruçu - Bahia.jpg
- Dialing code
- 73
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- Commons category
- Jucuruçu
- Human Development Index
- 0.541
- electorate
- 8086
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Early settlement
- Transfer to Itamaraju and emancipation
- Recent history
- Municipal anthem
- See also
- References
Jucuruçu is a municipality in the southern part of the state of Bahia in the Northeast region of Brazil. It covers an area of approximately and had an estimated population of 9,944 in 2024. The municipality is located about from the state capital, Salvador, and borders the municipalities of Guaratinga, Itamaraju, Vereda, and Palmópolis (in Minas Gerais).
== Etymology == The name Jucuruçu derives from the Tupi language, combining jucuru (snake) and uçu (big), meaning "big snake". The name was given by indigenous people because the curves of the Jucuruçu River give the impression of a large serpent. According to local legend, such a snake once existed and, after being killed by indigenous people, transformed into the river.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jucuruçu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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