Paulo Afonso is a municipality in the state of Bahia in Brazil. The 2022 census figures compiled by City Population count 112,870 inhabitants in the municipality, against 108,308 at the 2010 census and 96,499 at the 2000 census. GeoNames places Paulo Afonso at latitude -9.40611 and longitude -38.21472, about 245 metres above sea level by its digital elevation model, and assigns it to a time zone that is UTC-3 in the IANA time zone database. GeoNames lists it as a populated place. Paulo Afonso is not the capital of Bahia, which is Salvador. The atlas places it in the South America subregion and treats it as a city for browsing purposes. GeoNames carries a population figure of 119,418 for it.
Facts
Founding Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Brazil: Bahia municipalities
citypopulation.deMunicipalities table, census of 2022-08-01Quote, Municipalities table, census of 2022-08-01
Paulo Afonso Municipality 96,499 108,308 112,870
2. GeoNames: Paulo Afonso
GeoNames page, Population
Population 119,418
GeoNames page, elevation, banded by atlas thresholds
SRTM3 245 m
GeoNames page, Timezone
Timezone America/Bahia
Coordinates
Coordinates -9.40611, -38.21472
Elevation
SRTM3 245 m
Part Of: Brazil, GeoNames hierarchy line
Brazil BR Country
On Continent: South America, GeoNames hierarchy line
South America
In Group: Cities of South America (World), GeoNames hierarchy line
Brazil BR Country
View the Source3. Paulo Afonso (Wikipedia)
4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cellQuote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell
-9.25 -38.25 BSh
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