Sobradinho | |
Native Name: | Município de Sobradinho |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Sobradinho in Brazil |
Coordinates: | -9.455°N -40.8228°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Name1: | Northeast |
Subdivision Name2: | Bahia |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | February 24, 1989 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Luiz Vicente Berti Torres Sanjuan (PDT, 2013-2016) |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 1,238.9 |
Elevation M: | 380 |
Population As Of: | 2020 [1] |
Population Total: | 23,233 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Demonym: | Sobradinhense |
Timezone1: | BRT |
Utc Offset1: | -3 |
Sobradinho (pronounced as /pt/) is a municipality in the state of Bahia, in Brazil. It has a population of approximately 23,233 with a land area of 1238.91NaN1. Once part of the municipality of Juazeiro it grew with the construction of the Sobradinho Dam and the flooding of the huge Sobradinho Reservoir. With the creation of the reservoir, the inhabitants of four cities and thirty villages had to leave their homes. In all 11,853 families (more than 70 thousand people) abandoned the old towns before the end of 1977. Of this total, 5,806 families remained in rural lots around the lake and 3,851 families moved to the new towns, including Sobradinho.