Brumado

Brumado
Municipality
Brumado Municipality
Image of the center and neighborhood of São Félix.
Image of the center and neighborhood of São Félix.
Flag of Brumado
Flag
Official seal of Brumado
Seal
Nicknames: 
Capital do minério,
Brumas,
BDO
Location of Brumado
Location of Brumado
Brumado is located in Brazil
Brumado
Brumado
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 14°12′13″S 41°39′55″W / 14.20361°S 41.66528°W / -14.20361; -41.66528
Country Brazil
RegionNortheast
StateBahia
MesoregionOf south central Bahia Mesoregion
MicroregionBrumado Microregion
Municipal subdivisions - districtsUbiraçaba;
Itaquaraí;
Cristalândia
FoundedJune 11, 1877[1]
Government
 • MayorEduardo Vasconcelos (PSB)
Area
 • Municipality2,207.612 km2 (852.364 sq mi)
 • Urban
2,174 km2 (839 sq mi)
Elevation
454 m (1,490 ft)
Population
 (2020 [2])
 • Municipality70 268
 • Density2,901/km2 (7,510/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
Postal Code
46100-001 to 46120-899 [3]
Area code+55 77
Websiteoficial website

Brumado (Portuguese: [bɾuˈma.du] ⓘ) is a Brazilian municipality in the interior of Bahia, in the Northeast region of the country, precisely in the Center-South mesoregion of the State, in the homonymous microregion to the do municipality name, to the do 555 kilometers from Salvador, state capital. Its territorial area is 2 207,612 square kilometers, the headquarters's area occupying 2 174 square kilometers, have altitude of 454 meters. According to data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), in 2023 its population was estimated at 70 268 inhabitants. The Human Development Index (HDI) is 0.656 (average).[1]

A survey by the Federation of Industries of Rio de Janeiro State (FIRJAN) found that Brumado is considered to be the sixth most developed municipality in Bahia, based on the FIRJAN Municipal Development Index (IFDM 2013) published in 2015.[4] A query made exclusively by Urban Systems, in January 2016, for Exame Magazine, concluded that the city is among the 100 best in Brazil to invest, ranking 84th in the ranking, totaling 2 306 points. A study carried out by IBGE, in 2012, concluded that of the 64 602 inhabitants from the time, 50 899 were literate, 31 747 were men and 32 855 were women. The per capita income was R$12,144.11, and in distribution between rural and urban areas, in the private households in the rural area, it was R$217.00, and in the urban area it was R$333.33. The fleet of motor vehicles such as road transport, including motorcycles, as well as tractors and trucks totaled 31 000.[1]

The city is known as the "Capital of Ore", Because it has a large amount of minerals in its subsoil, which is the basis of its economy, and has large mining companies that carry out their extractive activities in Serra das éguas (Das Éguas Saw, which translating into English means saw of the mares), which, by the way, also is one of the tourist points of the municipality, to form mountainous landscapes.[5] Brumado makes municipal boundaries with Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Dom Basílio, Aracatu, Rio de Contas, Malhada de Pedras, Tanhaçu, Ituaçu, Rio do Antônio, Lagoa Real and Caraíbas.[6] For making border with the Rio de Contas city through the river that has the same name, consequently also makes border with the Chapada Diamantina. The city has a privileged location allied to other benefits, such as important road junctions such as BA-262, BA-148 and BR-030, also counting on the Centro-Atlântica Railroad (FCA).[7]

  1. ^ a b c "Perfil do Município de Brumado, Brumado, Brazilian municipality Institute of Geography and statistics". Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  2. ^ IBGE 2020
  3. ^ Qual o cep. "Ceps em Brumado". Retrieved January 30, 2023.
  4. ^ "IFDM para Brumado-BA". Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  5. ^ "Magnesita" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-23. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  6. ^ "Aspectos Gerais". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  7. ^ "O crescimento Urbano e a Degradação Hídrica no Vetor Norte da Cidade de Brumado-BA". Retrieved November 16, 2015.