Prado, Bahia

Prado
Municipality

Prado at dawn, on the coast.

Location in Bahia
Country  Brazil
Region Nordeste
State Bahia
Time zone UTC -3

Prado is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil.[1][2][3][4]

The municipality contains the 22,694 hectares (56,080 acres) Descobrimento National Park, a conservation unit created in 1999. It also contains part of the Corumbau Marine Extractive Reserve, a protected offshore fishing area of 89,597 hectares (221,400 acres).[5]

See also

References

  1. "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.
  2. "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.
  3. "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  4. "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  5. RESEX Marinha do Corumbau (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-06

Coordinates: 17°20′27″S 39°13′15″W / 17.34083°S 39.22083°W / -17.34083; -39.22083


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