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Mount Of Pai Inácio
The Mount of Pai Inácio (Morro do Pai Inácio) is located in Chapada Diamantina National Park in Brazil. It belongs to the city of Palmeiras. The mount is 1,120 metres high and exists at the coordinates 12º27º'27"S 41º28'23"W History A slave had a romance with a daughter of a farmer, and she got pregnant. The fearful slave ran away and jumped with an open umbrella, disappearing forever. References # "Geography" http://www.lencois.com.br/hotel-pousada-na-chapada-diamantina/informativo-materia.php?id=96 Geography of Bahia {{bahia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chapada Diamantina National Park
The Chapada Diamantina National Park (; pt, Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina) is a national park in the Chapada Diamantina region of the State of Bahia, Brazil. The terrain is rugged, and mainly covered by flora of the Caatinga biome. Location The park is in the Caatinga biome, and covers . It was created by decree 91.655 of 17 September 1985, and is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation. The park covers parts of the municipalities of Palmeiras, Mucugê, Lençóis, Ibicoara and Andaraí in the state of Bahia. Terrain The park is in the Chapada Diamantina, a plateau bounded by cliffs of in central Bahia. Altitudes in the plateau typically vary from . In the more mountainous parts there are several peaks of , and a few over . The plateau forms a watershed, draining on one side into the São Francisco River and on the other into the De Contas River and Paraguaçu River. The park lies in the rugged Sincorá Range in the east of the plat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palmeiras, Bahia
Palmeiras is a municipality (Brazil), municipality in the states of Brazil, state of Bahia in the Nordeste, North-East region of Brazil. Palmeiras is an important tourist site in the Chapada Diamantina region. It is the site of the ''Vale do Capão'' (Capao Valley) or ''Caete-Açu'', the'' Cachoeira da Fumaça'' (Smoke Falls) and the ''Morro do Pai Inácio'' (Pai Inacio Hill), among other landscape features. See also *List of municipalities in Bahia References Municipalities in Bahia {{Bahia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
