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Rodelas

Rodelas is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil.

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Rodelas
Municipality
Flag of Rodelas
Coat of arms of Rodelas
Location in Bahia
Location in Bahia
Country Brazil
RegionNordeste
StateBahia
Population
 (2020 1)
 • Total
9,442
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)

Rodelas is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil.2345

Geography

The municipality contains part of the 104,842 hectares (259,070 acres) Raso da Catarina Ecological Station, created in 2001.6 The municipality was designated a priority area for conservation and sustainable use when the Caatinga Ecological Corridor was created in 2006.7

History

The extinct Tuxá language was spoken in Rodelas.8

See also

See also

References

References

  1. IBGE 2020
  2. "Divisão Territorial do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  3. "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  4. "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Archived from the original on October 3, 2011. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  5. "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  6. Unidade de Conservação: Estação Ecológica Raso da Catarina (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-04-19{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  7. Mattos, Marluza (2006), Ministério cria Corredor Ecológico da Caatinga (in Portuguese), Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-11-01
  8. Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.

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