Canudos | |
|---|---|
 Canudos, circa 1895 | |
 Location in Bahia | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Nordeste |
| State | Bahia |
| Population (2020 [1]) | |
| • Total | 16,753 |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
Canudos is a municipality in the northeast region of Bahia, Brazil. The original town, since flooded by the Cocorobó Dam, was the scene of violent clashes between peasants and republican police in the 1890s.
The municipality contains part of the Raso da Catarina ecoregion.[2]
- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ "Lampião e Conselheiro no Raso da Catarina", Bahia! (in Portuguese), archived from the original on 2016-10-23, retrieved 2016-11-03