Glória, Bahia

Municipality in Northeast, Brazil
Glória
Município de Glória
Municipality
Location of Glória in Bahia
Location of Glória in Bahia
09°20′20″S 38°15′25″W / 9.33889°S 38.25694°W / -9.33889; -38.25694
Country Brazil
RegionNortheast
State Bahia
FoundedMay 1, 1886
Government
 • MayorEna Vilma Pereira de Souza Negromonte (PP, 2013-2016)
Area
 • Total1,255.56 km2 (484.77 sq mi)
Elevation
250 m (820 ft)
Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total15,234
 • Density12/km2 (31/sq mi)
DemonymGloriense
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
ClimateBSh
Websitegloria.ba.leg.br

Glória is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. Glória covers 1,255.56 km2 (484.77 sq mi), and has a population of 15,234 with a population density of 13 inhabitants per square kilometer. It is located on the border of the states of Bahia, Pernambuco, and Alagoas on the banks of the Moxito River, now a lake as the result of the construction of Moxito Hydroelectric Power Plant.[2]

Languages

The Tuxá language was spoken along the São Francisco River near Glória.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ "Glória" (in Portuguese). Brasília, Brazil: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
  3. ^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.


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Capital: Salvador
Mesoregion Centro Norte Baiano
Feira de Santana
Irecê
Itaberaba
Jacobina
Senhor do Bonfim
Municipalities of Bahia
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Boquira
Brumado
Guanambi
Itapetinga
Jequié
Livramento do Brumado
Seabra
Vitória da Conquista
Mesoregion Extremo Oeste Baiano
Barreiras
Cotegipe
Santa Maria da Vitória
Mesoregion Metropolitana de Salvador
Catu
Salvador
Santo Antônio de Jesus
Mesoregion Nordeste Baiano
Alagoinhas
Entre Rios
Euclides da Cunha
Jeremoabo
Ribeira do Pombal
Serrinha
Mesoregion Sul Baiano
Ilhéus-Itabuna
Porto Seguro
Valença
Mesoregion Vale São-Franciscano da Bahia
Barra
Bom Jesus da Lapa
Juazeiro
Paulo Afonso
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