Machine translation of the Portuguese Wikipedia article (November 2026 version).
Santo Antônio de Jesus is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Bahia, located 187 km from Salvador, and considered the capital of the Recôncavo Baiano, due to its importance as the largest commercial, industrial, educational, health and service hub in the entire region. Ranking eighteenth among the twenty largest cities in Bahia, it has an estimated population of 109,267 inhabitants according to IBGE's 2024 estimate, and it borders the municipalities of Aratuípe, Conceição do Almeida, Dom Macedo Costa, Laje, Muniz Ferreira, São Filipe, São Miguel das Matas and Varzedo, all of which are part of the Recôncavo Sul territory. Santo Antônio de Jesus also hosts lively June festivals every year, which attract thousands of visitors from all over the country and have made the city known for holding the best and most popular São João in Bahia.
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