Paraguaçu River

The Paraguaçu River is a river in state, located in eastern . It runs 500 kilometres from the highlands of central Bahia to its mouth at the Baía de Todos os Santos.
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  • Type: Watercourse
  • Description: river in Bahia, Brazil
  • Also known as: Rio Paraguacu”, “Rio Paraguaçu”, and “Rio Paraguassú

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maragogipe.

Town
is a municipality in the state of in the North-East region of . covers 438.18 km2, and has a population of 44,793 with a population density of 110 inhabitants per square kilometer. is situated 3½ km southwest of Paraguaçu River.

Paraguaçu River

Latitude
-12.75° or 12° 45′ south
Longitude
-38.9° or 38° 54′ west
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
Open location code
59V3732X+2X
Geo­Names ID
3455153
Wiki­data ID
Q3130790
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Aragonese to Welsh—“Paraguaçu River” goes by many names.
  • Aragonese: Río Paraguaçu
  • Asturian: Ríu Paraguaçu
  • Catalan: Paraguaçu
  • Cebuano: Rio Paraguaçu
  • Chinese: 帕拉瓜苏河
  • Dutch: Río Paraguaçu
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر پاراجواكو
  • French: rio Paraguaçu
  • French: Rio Paraguaçu
  • French: Rio Paraguaçú
  • Irish: Abhainn Paraguaçu
  • Japanese: パラグアク川
  • Japanese: パラグァッス川
  • Lithuanian: Paragvasu
  • Polish: Paraguaçu
  • Portuguese: Rio Paraguaçu
  • Portuguese: Rio Paraguassu
  • Russian: Парагуасу (река)
  • Russian: Парагуасу
  • Serbo-Croatian: Paraguaçu (rijeka)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Paraguaçu
  • Slovenian: Paraguaçu
  • Slovenian: reka Paraguaçu
  • Slovenian: Rio Paraguaçu
  • Spanish: Río Paraguaçu
  • Spanish: Rio Paraguazu
  • Spanish: Rio Paraguazú
  • Spanish: Río Paraguazu
  • Spanish: Río Paraguazú
  • Swedish: Rio Paraguaçu
  • Welsh: Afon Paraguaçu

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as São Francisco do Paraguaçu and Tanque do Barreiro.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ilha dos Francêses and Serra da Guaíba.

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Paraguaçu River”. Photo: Tenille Bezerra e Bruno Saphira, CC BY-SA 2.0.