Irecê

Irecê
Irecê
	Municipality and city
; Flag	; Seal
	Irecê Location in Brazil
	Coordinates: 11°18′14″S 42°51′21″W / 11.30389°S 42.85583°W
Country	Brazil
Region	Nordeste
State	Bahia
Mesoregion	Centro Norte Baiano
Area
• Total	121,118 sq mi (313,695 km2)
Population (2012)
• Total	62,527
Time zone	UTC -3

Irecê is a municipality in Bahia, Brazil. As of 2012 it had a population of 62,527 people. 476 kilometres (296 mi) by road northwest of Salvador. It is an agricultural town known for growing black beans and being a wine producing region.^[1]

Notable landmarks

It is the home of the "Academia Ireceense de Letras e Artes." It was also the site the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God chose for an industrial kibbutz.^[2]

References

↑ Mitchell, Simon (1 January 1981). The Logic of Poverty: The Case of the Brazilian Northeast. Routledge. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-7100-0637-0. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
↑ Meyer, Birgit; Moors, Annelies (1 December 2005). Religion, Media, and the Public Sphere. Indiana University Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-253-11172-2. Retrieved 12 June 2013.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[Mitchell1981-1] Mitchell, Simon (1 January 1981). The Logic of Poverty: The Case of the Brazilian Northeast. Routledge. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-7100-0637-0. Retrieved 12 June 2013.

[MeyerMoors2005-2] Meyer, Birgit; Moors, Annelies (1 December 2005). Religion, Media, and the Public Sphere. Indiana University Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-253-11172-2. Retrieved 12 June 2013.