Guanambi

Guanambi
Municipality of Guanambi
Flag of Guanambi
Official seal of Guanambi
Nickname: 
Cidade do algodão (City of the cotton)
Guanambi in a Bahia map.
Guanambi in a Bahia map.
Coordinates: 14°13′22″S 42°46′51″W / 14.22278°S 42.78083°W / -14.22278; -42.78083
CountryBrazil
RegionNortheast
StateBahia
Demonymguanambiense
FoundedAugust 14, 1919
Government
 • MayorSabrina (PSB)
Area
 • Total1,272.367 km2 (491.264 sq mi)
Elevation
525 m (1,722 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total84,928
 • Density60.8/km2 (157/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
Website[[1]] [pt]

Guanambi is a municipality in Bahia, Brazil, with an area of 1,272.367 km²,[1] and with 84,928 inhabitants in 2020, according to estimates by the IBGE,[2] making it the 20th most populous municipality of Bahia. It was founded in 1919 and Nilo Coelho is its current mayor.

Guanambi is home of the largest wind complex in Latin America.[3]

  1. ^ "IBGE :: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística". IBGE (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  2. ^ IBGE 2020
  3. ^ "Inaugurado na Bahia o Maior Complexo Eólico da América Latina" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on April 3, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2017.