Juazeiro

Juazeiro

Juazeiro, formerly also known as Joazeiro,[4] is a municipality in the state of Bahia, in the northeastern region of Brazil. The city is twinned with Petrolina, in the state of Pernambuco. The two cities are connected by a modern bridge crossing the São Francisco River. Together they form the metropolitan region of Petrolina-Juazeiro, an urban conglomerate of close to 500,000 inhabitants. It was founded in 1833 [1] and became a city on July 15, 1878. Its name comes from the Juá [pt] tree which grows in the region.