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Lençóis is a Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
/ref> The town has a well-preserved colonial atmosphere and is the starting point for treks into
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
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in Brazil
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. The population is 11,499 (2020 est.) in an area of 1277 km2./ref> The town has a well-preserved colonial atmosphere and is the starting point for treks into
Chapada Diamantina
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Transportation
The city is served by Horácio de Mattos Airport.
Climate
Lençóis has atropical savanna climate
Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories ''Aw'' (for a dry "winter") and ''As'' (for a dry "summer"). The driest month has less than ...
(Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Bernd Köppen (1951–2014), German pianist and composer
* Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan
* Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author ...
: ''Aw'') with a hot, moderately rainy wet season
The wet season (sometimes called the rainy season or monsoon season) is the time of year when most of a region's average annual rainfall occurs. Generally, the season lasts at least one month. The term ''green season'' is also sometimes used a ...
and a warm drier season.
Notable people
* Júlio Afrânio Peixoto (born December 17 1876 in Lençóis) physician, writer, politician, historian, university president, and pioneering eugenicist.References
External links
* Municipalities in Bahia {{bahia-geo-stub