Formosa do Rio Preto
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| Formosa do Rio Preto | |
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| Municipality | |
| The Municipality of Formosa do Rio Preto | |
| Localization of the city Localization of the city |
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| Country | Brazil |
| Region | Northeast |
| State | Bahia |
| Founded | December 22, 1961 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Manoel Afonso de Araujo (PMN) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 16,185.171 km2 (6,249.129 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 21,827 |
| • Density | 1.3/km2 (3/sq mi) |
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| Time zone | UTC-3 (UTC-3) |
| HDI (2000) | 0.646 – medium[2] |
Formosa do Rio Preto is the westernmost and largest (by area) city in the Brazilian state of Bahia. It is also the largest in all Northeastern Brazil.
The municipality contains part of the 707,079 hectares (1,747,230 acres) Serra Geral do Tocantins Ecological Station, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 2001 to preserve an area of cerrado.[3]
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