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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Camaçari
| native_name             = ''Município de Camaçari''
| native_name_lang        = <!-- ISO 639-2 code e.g. "fr" for French. If more than one, use {{lang}} instead -->
| settlement_type         = [[Municipalities of Brazil|Municipality]]
| image_skyline           = Camacari.jpg
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| image_caption           = Central street of Camaçari
| image_flag              = Bandeira de Camaçari.jpg
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| image_seal              = Brasão Camaçari-BA.svg
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| image_map               = Bahia Municip Camacari.svg
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| map_caption             = Location of Camaçari in [[Bahia]]
| pushpin_map             = Brazil
| pushpin_label_position  = bottom
| pushpin_map_alt         =
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location of Camaçari in Brazil
| coordinates             = {{coord|12|41|52|S|38|19|26|W|region:BR|display=inline,title}}
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|subdivision_type               = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_type1              = [[Regions of Brazil|Region]]
|subdivision_type2              = [[States of Brazil|State]]
|subdivision_name               = {{flag|Brazil}}
|subdivision_name1              = [[Northeast Region, Brazil|Northeast]]
|subdivision_name2              = [[File:Bandeira da Bahia.svg|border|22px]] [[Bahia]]
| established_title       = Founded
| established_date        = 1758
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| leader_title            = Mayor
| leader_name             = Antônio Elinaldo (DEM) (2017–2020)
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| area_total_km2          = 784.658
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| elevation_m             = 36
| population_as_of        = 2020 <ref>[https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/ba/camacari/panorama IBGE 2020]</ref>
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| population_total        = 304,302
| population_density_km2  = auto
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| population_demonym      = camaçariense
| timezone1               = [[Time in Brazil|BRT]]
| utc_offset1             = &minus;3
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| website                 = {{URL|www.camacari.ba.gov.br}}
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'''Camaçari''' is a city in [[Bahia]], [[Brazil]]. It is located at {{Coord|12|41|51|S|38|19|27|W}}. It is part of the [[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]] Metropolitan Region (''Região Metropolitana de Salvador''), being the industrial city of the metropolis. Camaçari covers {{convert|784.658|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}, and had an estimated population of 304,302 in 2020, with a population density of 310 per square kilometer. The municipality consists of three districts: Camaçari, Abrantes, and Monte Gordo.<ref name="i"/>
==History==
The area of Camaçari was inhabited by [[Tupinambá people|Tupinambá]] ethnic group prior to the arrival of the Portuguese. The first Portuguese settlement was in 1558 by two Jesuit priests, João Gonçalves and Antônio Rodrigues.<ref name="b"/> They formed a village called Aldeia do Divino Espírito Santo. Aldeia do Divino Espírito Santo played an important role in the expulsion of the Dutch who arrived in Bahia in the 17th century. Troops under the leadership of bishop D. Mark Teixeira drove out the Dutch in 1624. The name of the village was changed to Vila de Nova Abrantes do Espírito Santo on September 28, 1758 under orders from the Marquiq de Pombal. The Jesuits were also expelled from the area at the same time. Later the village came to be known simply as Vila de Abrantes.<ref name="i"/>
==Economy==
Several factories and petrochemical plants compose one of the largest industrial areas in [[Brazil]] and the largest of the Northeast region of the country. The Brazilian multinational company [[Braskem]], the largest petrochemical company in the Americas by production capacity, owns a major petrochemical complex in Camaçari. It is the largest in Brazil, along with that of [[Novo Triunfo|Triunfo]], which is also owned by [[Braskem]]. The city was also home to a large [[automobile]] factory owned by the [[Ford Motor Company]].
==Notable people==
* [[Fabiano Santacroce]] - professional [[association football|footballer]]
* [[Lins Lima de Brito|Lins]] - professional footballer
==Climate==
{{Weather box|width=auto
|metric first=y
|single line=y
|collapsed = Y
|location = Camaçari (1981–2010)
|Jan high C = 	31.7
|Feb high C = 	31.6
|Mar high C = 	31.4
|Apr high C = 	30.2
|May high C = 	29.0
|Jun high C = 	27.5
|Jul high C = 	27.1
|Aug high C = 	27.1
|Sep high C = 	28.3
|Oct high C = 	29.7
|Nov high C = 	30.5
|Dec high C = 	31.4
| year high C = 	29.6
|Jan mean C = 	26.4
|Feb mean C = 	26.5
|Mar mean C = 	26.4
|Apr mean C = 	25.6
|May mean C = 	24.5
|Jun mean C = 	23.3
|Jul mean C = 	22.6
|Aug mean C = 	22.6
|Sep mean C = 	23.6
|Oct mean C = 	24.8
|Nov mean C = 	25.6
|Dec mean C = 	26.2
| year mean C = 	24.8
|Jan low C = 	22.1
|Feb low C = 	22.2
|Mar low C = 	22.4
|Apr low C = 	21.9
|May low C = 	21.2
|Jun low C = 	20.0
|Jul low C = 	19.1
|Aug low C = 	18.9
|Sep low C = 	19.6
|Oct low C = 	20.6
|Nov low C = 	21.6
|Dec low C = 	22.1
| year low C = 	21.0
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 	87.0
|Feb precipitation mm = 	101.7
|Mar precipitation mm = 	143.7
|Apr precipitation mm = 	226.9
|May precipitation mm = 	244.4
|Jun precipitation mm = 	232.8
|Jul precipitation mm = 	184.9
|Aug precipitation mm = 	139.7
|Sep precipitation mm = 	103.0
|Oct precipitation mm = 	85.8
|Nov precipitation mm = 	111.8
|Dec precipitation mm = 	74.9
|year precipitation mm = 	1736.6
| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 	9
| Feb precipitation days = 	9
| Mar precipitation days = 	12
| Apr precipitation days = 	16
| May precipitation days = 	17
| Jun precipitation days = 	19
| Jul precipitation days = 	19
| Aug precipitation days = 	18
| Sep precipitation days = 	11
| Oct precipitation days = 	7
| Nov precipitation days = 	9
| Dec precipitation days =	6
| year precipitation days =
| Jan humidity = 	76.7
| Feb humidity = 	77.4
| Mar humidity = 	79.8
| Apr humidity = 	82.9
| May humidity = 	85.3
| Jun humidity = 	86.3
| Jul humidity = 	84.9
| Aug humidity = 	83.6
| Sep humidity = 	81.7
| Oct humidity = 	78.5
| Nov humidity = 	78.7
| Dec humidity = 	77.5
| year humidity =	81.1
|Jan sun = 	216.5
|Feb sun = 	188.1
|Mar sun = 	204.7
|Apr sun = 	176.9
|May sun = 	173.3
|Jun sun = 	139.2
|Jul sun = 	173.2
|Aug sun = 	174.2
|Sep sun = 	184.4
|Oct sun = 	209.2
|Nov sun = 	185.6
|Dec sun = 	197.8
|year sun = 	2223.1
|source 1 = Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia<ref name=INMET>{{cite web
| url = http://www.inmet.gov.br/portal/index.php?r=clima/normaisclimatologicas
| title = Normais Climatológicas Do Brasil 1981–2010
| publisher = Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia
| language = Portuguese
| accessdate = 21 May 2024}}</ref>
}}
==See also==
* [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Camaçari]]
*[[List of municipalities in Bahia]]
==References==
{{reflist|2|refs=
<ref name="b">{{cite book |last=Bazin |first1=Germain |title=L'architecture religieuse baroque au Brésil |volume=2 |location=São Paulo |publisher=Museu de Arte |year=1956 |page=11 | language=fr }}</ref>
<ref name="i">{{cite web | url = http://cod.ibge.gov.br/5JU | title = Camaçari | year = 2017 | publisher = Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística | location = Brasília, Brazil | access-date = 2015-07-22 | language = pt}}</ref>
}}
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