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Ibotirama Município de Ibotirama
Municipality
Church of Nossa Senhora da Guia
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Location of Ibotirama in Bahia
Ibotirama Location of Ibotirama in the Brazil
Coordinates: 12°11′06″S 43°13′15″W
Country	Brazil
Region	Northeast
State	Bahia
Founded	August 14, 1959
Government
• Mayor	Claudir Terence Lessa (PT, 2013-2016)
Area
• Total	1,740.087 km2 (671.851 sq mi)
Elevation	419 m (1,375 ft)
Population (2014)
• Total	27,405
• Density	16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	ibotiramense
Time zone	UTC-3 (BRT)
Postal code	47520

Ibotirama is a municipality located in the west of the state of Bahia, Brazil. It is in the micro-region of the lower-middle São Francisco River. This major river passes by the city where it is crossed by a recently constructed bridge. Ibotirama covers 1,740.087 km2 (671.851 sq mi), and has a population of 27,405 with a population density of 16 inhabitants per square kilometer.[1] The municipality lies along the São Francisco River, a major inland water route and the fourth-longest river in Brazil.

The first industries began with sugar mills to produce molasses and stills to produce rum. There were also small factories making manioc flour, cheese, carnauba wax, babaça palm oil, bricks and roof tiles.

Present-day Ibotirama has five brick factories, two rice mills, one quarry, five small ironworks, five sawmills, a broom factory, a mineral water bottler, and three furniture factories.

Agriculture is the main economic activity. Main crops planted during the rainy season are: tobacco, beans, corn, manioc, pumpkin, sesame, sugarcane and grass. The plants develop quickly due to the constant heat of the region.

There is also fishing on the river with over six thousand fishermen registered with the government.

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