Jequié is one of Bahia’s main municipalities. Located 365 kilometers from Salvador, the city is in a strategic position in the southwest of the state. With almost 160,000 inhabitants, its economy is based on livestock and agriculture. It is also where BAMIN maintains one of its inland bases and will be one of the municipalities that will receive the tracks of the West-East Integration Railway (FIOL 1).
In recent years, the city has made important progress on a number of fronts, from health with the Prado Valadares General Hospital, which has become a reference for around 30 municipalities in the region, to culture, with the consolidation of the city’s São João Festival among the biggest events in the state. At the moment, however, the attention of the people of Jequié is almost entirely focused on the Jequié Sports Association.
This is the city’s soccer team, which reached the semi-finals of this year’s Bahian Championship and will face Bahia. Whatever happens in the match against the traditional club from the capital, Jequié has already made history. To reach this stage of the competition, they finished fourth overall in qualifying, with 14 points from 9 games. They also broke the taboo and won the BAVI double for the first time: 1-0 against Bahia in Fonte Nova, and repeated the scoreline against Vitória on their home turf, to the delight of their fans, who usually fill the Waldomiro Borges Municipal Stadium, the Waldomirão.
