Ilhéus

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Ilhéus is a major city located in the southern coastal region of Bahia, Brazil, 211 km south of Salvador, the state's capital. The city was founded in 1534 as Vila de São Jorge dos Ilhéus and is known as one of the most important tourism centers of the northeast of Brazil.

As of 2020 Ilhéus had approximately 159,923 inhabitants, with an area of 1850 km2, and its downtown is located 1 km away from the Atlantic Ocean.

Ilhéus has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen: Af).

The municipality contains a small part of the 23,262-hectare (57,480-acre) Una Wildlife Refuge, which surrounds the Una Biological Reserve in the neighboring municipality of Una.

It contains 15% of the 9,275-hectare (22,920-acre) Serra do Conduru State Park, created in 1997.

It contains part of the 157,745-hectare (389,800-acre) Lagoa Encantada e Rio Almada Environmental Protection Area, created in 1993.

The APA is threatened by water pollution from sewage and garbage, since most of the communities have no sanitation. There are irregular settlements of squatters in the coastal area. Other threats include irregular fishing, deforestation, fires...

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