The city is twinned with Petrolina, in the state of Pernambuco. The two cities are connected by a modern bridge crossing the São Francisco River. Together they form the metropolitan region of Petrolina-Juazeiro, an urban conglomerate of close to 500,000 inhabitants.
History
It was founded in 1833 [1] and became a city on July 15, 1878.
Its name comes from the Juá [pt] tree which grows in the region.
Organization
Its city districts are Abóbora, Carnaíba, Itamotinga, Junco, Juremal, Massaroca, and Pinhões.[citation needed]
Presidente Dutra bridge over São Francisco River connects Juazeiro and Petrolina
There are highway connections with several capitals of the Northeast and railroad connections to the coast are made by the Ferrovia Centro-Atlântica. The railroad connection ends at the fluvial port of Juazeiro.[citation needed]
Economy
Like its sister city Petrolina, Juazeiro has experienced great growth in the last decade due to the irrigation of the semi-arid soils with water from the São Francisco River. Fruit cultivation is important to such an extent that Juazeiro entitles itself "Capital of Irrigated Fruit", which is exported between the Petrolina Airport to United States and/or Europe. For more detailed information on the development of this fertile valley see the article on Petrolina.
The main agricultural products in planted area according to the IBGE in 2003:
bananas: 18 km2
coconut: 2.72 km2
guava: 2.5 km2
lemon: 2 km2
papaya: 0.45 km2
mango: 60 km2
passion fruit: 0.9 km2
grapes: 21 km2
sugarcane: 152.53 km2
onions: 3.4 km2
beans: 4.04 km2
manioc: 4.2 km2
watermelon: 4.5 km2
melon: 1.95 km2
tomato: 0.32 km2
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Sport
Both the city's professional football teams play at the Estádio Adauto Moraes: Juazeiro SC founded 1995, and SD Juazeirense founded in 2006.
Notable people
Juazeiro is the birthplace of the following famous people:
Joāo Gilberto: Singer-guitarist, one of the most prominent Brazilian musicians, popular internationally as the father of bossa nova.
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