BA · Northeast
Population: 119,947 (IBGE estimate 2026)
Machine translation of the Portuguese Wikipedia article (November 2026 version).
Luís Eduardo Magalhães is a Brazilian municipality in the west of the state of Bahia, in the Northeast Region. According to the 2025 estimate of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the municipality's population was approximately 118,382 inhabitants. It is the municipality that showed the greatest population growth in Bahia between 2010 and 2022, with an increase of 79.5%. The city is also known as Pérola d'Oeste and by the acronym LEM.
The locality received this name in 1998, when it was still a district of the municipality of Barreiras. In 2000, the district was elevated to municipal status under the same name. The name is a tribute to the politician Luís Eduardo Magalhães, son of the former governor of Bahia, Antônio Carlos Magalhães. Luís Eduardo died of a sudden heart attack in 1998.
Luís Eduardo Magalhães has the Italian city of Varapodio as its sister city.
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0 to 100, compared with Brazilian municipalities of 100,000+ residents (rent: compared among the 36 cities with rent data).
BA average (18 cities): 39 · All 338 cities: 76
Intentional violent deaths per 100k (police records)
24.18 per 100k residents
Source: Ministério da Justiça – Sinesp VDE (ocorrências por município) · Reference: 2025 · License: Open data
Personal safety (SPI)
48.49 score 0–100
Source: Índice de Progresso Social Brasil · Reference: SPI Brazil 2026 (2024 data) · License: CC BY 4.0 (report)
Rent data (FipeZAP) covers 36 cities. Here the cost topic counts as average (50) in the score.
BA average (18 cities): 26 · All 338 cities: 34
Formal jobs per 1,000 residents
287.3 per 1,000 residents
Source: IBGE – Cadastro Central de Empresas (Cempre) · Reference: 2024 · License: Open data
Average monthly wage of formal jobs (BRL)
2,929.45 BRL/month
Source: IBGE – Cadastro Central de Empresas (Cempre) · Reference: 2024 · License: Open data
BA average (18 cities): 37 · All 338 cities: 34
Hospital beds per 1,000
2.41 per 1,000 residents
Source: CNES / DATASUS (TabNet) · Reference: Sep 2026 · License: Public data
Doctors per 1,000
1.5 per 1,000 residents
Source: CNES / DATASUS (TabNet) · Reference: Sep 2026 · License: Public data
BA average (18 cities): 21 · All 338 cities: 54
Ideb – late grades (9th grade), public schools
4.3 score 0–10
Source: INEP – Índice de Desenvolvimento da Educação Básica (Ideb) · Reference: 2025 · License: Open data
Ideb – early grades (5th grade), public schools
5.4 score 0–10
Source: INEP – Índice de Desenvolvimento da Educação Básica (Ideb) · Reference: 2025 · License: Open data
BA average (18 cities): 54 · All 338 cities: 65
Fixed broadband per 100 homes
28.53 per 100 households
Source: Anatel – Acessos de Banda Larga Fixa · Reference: Aug 2026 · License: Open data
Home connections at 100 Mbps or faster (%)
93.81 %
Source: Anatel – Acessos de Banda Larga Fixa · Reference: Aug 2026 · License: Open data
BA average (18 cities): 53 · All 338 cities: 60
Distance to intl. airport (km)
478.67 km
Source: ANAC – Voo Regular Ativo e Aeródromos · Reference: Sep 2025–Aug 2026 · License: Open data
International departures within 100 km
0 departures in 12 months
Source: ANAC – Voo Regular Ativo e Aeródromos · Reference: Sep 2025–Aug 2026 · License: Open data
Nearest international airport
Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek (SBBR), 479 km in a straight line · 2,806 international departures in 12 months
score 0–100 · Source: Índice de Progresso Social Brasil · Reference: SPI Brazil 2026 (2024 data) · License: CC BY 4.0 (report)
Hot Average temperature: 26.8 °C (Average temperature 25 °C (77 °F) or higher)
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. high (°C) | 31.4 | 31.2 | 31.5 | 32.0 | 32.2 | 31.8 | 31.9 | 33.3 | 35.2 | 34.7 | 32.1 | 31.6 |
| Avg. low (°C) | 21.3 | 21.1 | 21.3 | 21.5 | 20.9 | 19.9 | 19.6 | 20.7 | 22.6 | 22.9 | 21.7 | 21.5 |
| Rain (mm) | 264 | 215 | 270 | 160 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 116 | 246 | 238 |
Weather station Taguatinga, 78 km away · climate normals 1991-2020 · Source: INMET Normais Climatológicas · License: Public data
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