Correntina
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BrazilCorrentina | |
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.jpg) Bridge crossing the Das Éguas River with Church of Our Lady of Gloria in the background | |
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 Location of Correntina in Bahia | |
  Correntina  Correntina | |
| Coordinates: 13°20′35″S 44°38′10″W / 13.34306°S 44.63611°W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | Northeast |
| State |  Bahia |
| Founded | 15 May 1866[1] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Walter Mariano Messias de Souza (UNIÃO) (2025–2028)[2][3] |
| • Vice Mayor | Cassimiro Castro e Silva (PRD) (2025–2028)[2][3] |
| Area | |
• Total | 11,504.314 km2 (4,441.840 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 575 m (1,886 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 32,457[4] |
| • Density | 2.82/km2 (7.3/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Correntinense (Brazilian Portuguese)[4] |
| Time zone | UTC-03:00 (Brasília Time) |
| Postal code | 47650-000, 47654-000[5] |
| HDI (2010) | 0.603 – medium[4] |
| Website | correntina.ba.gov.br |
Correntina is a municipality in the state of Bahia in Brazil, 500 km from Brasília and 980 km from Salvador. In 2020, the population was estimated at 32,191.[6]
Correntina was first mentioned in the dispatches of the Entradistas and Bandereirantes who visited the city in 1700 and 1790.
The Decree Federal Law of nº 311 signed by Getúlio Vargas on March 2, 1938, authorizing that the States made the territorial divisions, it was that, for the State Decree of nº 10.724, signed for the Federal interventor Landulpho Alves, in 30 of March 1938, the Village received the forum from City, under the baton of the Intendant Major Félix Joaquin de Araújo, however, they had only come to commemorate in 01 of January 1939, considering the delay in the art of if communicating.
Geography
The "Correntina", "Arojado", "Saint Antonio", "Guará" and "Rio do meio" rivers run near or through Correntina, and the Island of the Ranchão lies in the Correntina river. 1,200 meters away from the central city, the "Sete Ilhas" ("Seven Islands") form an archipelago, typical of the city's natural environment.[7]
Climate
| Climate data for Correntina (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.0 (87.8) |
31.4 (88.5) |
30.9 (87.6) |
31.1 (88.0) |
31.3 (88.3) |
30.4 (86.7) |
30.6 (87.1) |
31.8 (89.2) |
33.6 (92.5) |
34.1 (93.4) |
31.8 (89.2) |
30.8 (87.4) |
31.6 (88.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 24.7 (76.5) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.5 (76.1) |
23.6 (74.5) |
21.9 (71.4) |
22.0 (71.6) |
23.2 (73.8) |
25.7 (78.3) |
26.7 (80.1) |
25.5 (77.9) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.4 (75.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 19.9 (67.8) |
20.0 (68.0) |
20.0 (68.0) |
19.3 (66.7) |
17.2 (63.0) |
14.5 (58.1) |
14.2 (57.6) |
14.9 (58.8) |
18.2 (64.8) |
20.3 (68.5) |
20.6 (69.1) |
20.1 (68.2) |
18.3 (64.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 130 (5.1) |
104.4 (4.11) |
145.5 (5.73) |
62.0 (2.44) |
9.0 (0.35) |
0.5 (0.02) |
0.3 (0.01) |
2.3 (0.09) |
10.2 (0.40) |
74.2 (2.92) |
164.7 (6.48) |
220.8 (8.69) |
923.9 (36.37) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 9 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 67 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 77.9 | 76.0 | 77.2 | 73.8 | 68.4 | 64.0 | 59.9 | 54.7 | 50.1 | 57.8 | 72.0 | 77.2 | 67.4 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 224.4 | 204.0 | 222.4 | 240.5 | 264.8 | 271.5 | 284.0 | 299.2 | 276.4 | 241.8 | 180.6 | 190.3 | 2,899.9 |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia[8] | |||||||||||||
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