Paulo Afonso is a city in
Bahia,
Brazil. It was founded in 1958.
The city is the seat of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Paulo Afonso.
The city is served by
Paulo Afonso Airport
Paulo Afonso Airport is the airport serving Paulo Afonso, Brazil.
It is operated by the State of Bahia.
History
The airport was commissioned in 1972 and between 1980 and 2020 it was administrated by Infraero. On November 17, 2020, the Federal ...
.
The municipality contains part of the
Raso da Catarina
The Raso da Catarina is an ecoregion in the ''caatinga'' biome of Bahia and Pernambuco, Brazil. It is a sandstone plateau, much eroded, that is extremely dry for most of the year. Vegetation includes low bushes, often thorny, Cactus, cacti and Bro ...
ecoregion.
The municipality holds part of the
Rio São Francisco Natural Monument, which protects the spectacular canyons of the
São Francisco River
The São Francisco River (, ) is a large river in Brazil. With a length of , it is the longest river that runs entirely in Brazilian territory, and the fourth longest in South America and overall in Brazil (after the Amazon, the Paraná and t ...
between the
Paulo Afonso Hydroelectric Complex and the
Xingó Dam
The Xingó Dam is a concrete face rock-fill dam on the São Francisco River on the border of Alagoas and Sergipe, near Piranhas, Brazil. The dam was built for navigation, water supply and hydroelectric power generation as it supports a power st ...
.
It contains part of the
Raso da Catarina Ecological Station, created in 2001.
References
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Municipalities in Bahia
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