Ibotirama

Ibotirama is a municipality positioned inside the west of the kingdom of Bahia, Brazil. It is within the micro-area of the lower-center Sao Francisco River. This fundamental river passes by using the town where it's far crossed by a recently built bridge. Ibotirama covers 1,740.087 km2, and has a population of 27,405 with a population density of sixteen population per rectangular kilometer. The municipality lies alongside the Sao Francisco River, a prime inland water path and the fourth-longest river in Brazil.

The location turned into as soon as inhabited by way of Tupi-Guarani Indians who had their fishing camp right here. In the eighteenth century settlers started out to reach to start livestock ranching. A agreement turned into shaped to supply muleteers and livestock drivers and fishermen began to settle to take advantage of the sizeable fishing inside the river. In 1911, the village become elevated to the district of Piratinga and in 1931 it have become a vila with the name of Jardinopolis. In 1943, the name was changed to Ibotirama. It changed into handiest in 1958 that it have become a town.