Cruz das Almas (translation: Souls' Cross) is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

, in the state of

Bahia Bahia () is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Mina ...

, in

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

. Founded in 1897, it is home to the

Federal University of Recôncavo da Bahia The Federal University of Recôncavo da Bahia (, UFRB) is a Brazilian university, with its main campus at Cruz das Almas, Bahia.

and is one of the main cities of

. In 2022, it had a population of 60,348 inhabitants. Its climate is

tropical The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the equator, where the sun may shine directly overhead. This contrasts with the temperate or polar regions of Earth, where the Sun can never be directly overhead. This is because of Earth's ax ...

, hot and humid. The economy is based on

agriculture Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...

, especially

tobacco Tobacco is the common name of several plants in the genus '' Nicotiana'' of the family Solanaceae, and the general term for any product prepared from the cured leaves of these plants. More than 70 species of tobacco are known, but the ...

, citrus fruits (oranges and Tahiti lime) and

cassava ''Manihot esculenta'', common name, commonly called cassava, manioc, or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America, from Brazil, Paraguay and parts of the Andes. Although ...

production. It is also home of the

Embrapa The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa - ) is a state-owned research corporation affiliated with the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture. Since its inception on April 26, 1973, it has been devoted to developing technologies, knowl ...

Cassava & Fruits.https://www.embrapa.br/mandioca-e-fruticultura Cruz das Almas is well known for its Saint John Festival in June, where fireworks are used as "espadas" in a beautiful but dangerous game.

Population history

Neighboring municipalities

Feira de Santana Feira de Santana (; Portuguese language, Portuguese for "Saint Anne's Fair") is a city in Bahia, Brazil. It is the second-most populous city in the state, with a population of 616,272 according to Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, ...

Santo Antônio de Jesus Santo Antônio de Jesus is a List of cities in Brazil, city in the eastern part of the state of Bahia, Brazil, located west of the state capital Salvador, Brazil, Salvador. It is part of the mesoregion Metropolitana de Salvador. The population is 1 ...

* Castro Alves, Bahia

Persons

Famous persons includes the featherweight boxer

Sertão The ''sertão'' (, plural ''sertões'') is the " hinterland" or " backcountry" of Brazil. The word refers both to one of the four sub-regions of the Northeast Region of Brazil or the hinterlands of the country in general (similar to the specific ...

Climate

References

External links

* https://www.cidade-brasil.com.br/municipio-cruz-das-almas.html Municipalities in Bahia {{Bahia-geo-stub