Feira de Santana (; Portuguese for "Saint Anne's Fair") is a city in Bahia, Brazil. It is the second-most populous city in the state, with a population of 616,272 according to IBGE's census in 2022.
Economy and transport
The city is served by Gov. João Durval Carneiro Airport. With a major junction of Northeastern Brazil's highways nearby, Feira de Santana functions as a crossroads for the traffic coming from the South and West-Central portions of Brazil bound for Salvador and other important cities of the northeast. Feira de Santana, thanks in part to its longstanding importance as a crossroads and its proximity to Salvador, is now an important and diverse commercial and industrial center.
Education
The Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana is located in the city.
Sport
There is a motorsport rallying club Trail Clube Bahia and have significant input into the Rally Bahia race.
The city's main stadium is the Estádio Alberto Oliveira one of the main stadiums in the state of Bahia. The city's second stadium is Estádio Jodilton Souza.
There are four football clubs: Bahia de Feira, Feirense EC, Fluminense de Feira and Associação Desportiva Comunitária Astro.
Notable people
- Anderson Talisca, footballer
- Carlos Felipe, mixed martial artist
- Divaldo Pereira Franco, spiritist medium
- Fábio Baiano, retired footballer
- Irving São Paulo, actor
- Joedson Santos Almeida, footballer
- Jorge Wagner, retired footballer
- Júnior Baiano, retired footballer
- Maria Quitéria, lieutenant and first woman to serve in a military unit in Brazil
Climate
See also
- State University of Feira de Santana
- Largest Cities of Northeast Region, Brazil