Nova Viçosa Municipality

Nova Viçosa is a municipality in the state of in the North-East region of Brazil. It was "discovered" in 1720 and became a municipality in 1962. The municipality contains part of the , a 100,768-hectare sustainable use conservation unit that protects an area of mangroves, river and sea where shellfish are harvested.
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  • Type: Town with 39,500 residents
  • Description: municipality of Bahia State, Brazil
  • Also known as: “Bahia, Brazil, Municipalities”, “Nova Vicosa”, and “Nova Viçosa”
  • Neighbors:

Nova Viçosa Municipality

Latitude
-17.8908° or 17° 53′ 27″ south
Longitude
-39.3725° or 39° 22′ 21″ west
Population
39,500
Elevation
65 metres (213 feet)
Open location code
59J24J5G+MX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2677618271
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
6319083
Wiki­data ID
Q1794050
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Nova Viçosa Municipality” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بلدية نوفا فيتشوسا”
  • Armenian: “Նովա Վիսոզա”
  • Armenian: “Նովա-Վիսոզա”
  • Basque: “Nova Viçosa”
  • Bishnupriya: “নোভা ভিকোসা”
  • Catalan: “Nova Viçosa”
  • Cebuano: “Nova Viçosa”
  • Chechen: “Нова-Висоза”
  • Chinese: “新维索萨”
  • Dutch: “Nova Viçosa”
  • Esperanto: “Nova Viçosa”
  • French: “Nova Viçosa”
  • Galician: “Nova Viçosa”
  • Georgian: “ნოვა-ვისოზა”
  • German: “Nova Viçosa”
  • Hungarian: “Nova Viçosa”
  • Irish: “Nova Viçosa”
  • Italian: “Nova Viçosa”
  • Kazakh: “Nova-Vïsoza”
  • Kazakh: “Нова-Висоза”
  • Kazakh: “نوۆا-ۆىيسوزا”
  • Malagasy: “Nova Viçosa”
  • Mazanderani: “نووا ویچوسا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Nova Viçosa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nova Viçosa”
  • Norwegian: “Nova Viçosa”
  • Polish: “Nova Viçosa”
  • Portuguese: “Nova Viçosa”
  • Romanian: “Nova Viçosa”
  • Russian: “Нова-Висоза”
  • Spanish: “Nova Viçosa”
  • Swedish: “Nova Viçosa”
  • Tatar: “Нова-Висоза”
  • Turkish: “Nova Viçosa”
  • Ukrainian: “Нова-Вісоза”
  • Urdu: “نووا ویسوسا”
  • Vietnamese: “Nova Viçosa”
  • Volapük: “Nova Viçosa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Nova Viçosa”

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