OUR Simões CITY Son is today 5ª economy of the State of the Bahia, and more walks each time in the improvement of conditions of income and quality of life of its population. Only the 20 km of Salvador, Simões Son is considered one of the strongest industrial polar regions of the Bahia, having possessed today almost 200 industries in the most diverse pursuings and a natural port extremely protected the bay one of Aratú, important factor for draining of production of the local industries. HISTORY the city of Simões Son, old Long Water district, has its history marked for the Portuguese colonialista inheritance. Its history if initiates with the culture of the sugar cane-of-sugar that lasted between centuries XVI and XVII. Later, with the devastação of the bushes they had appeared the Devices of Oxen of Milling. The place where currently it is the urban center was busy for the Plant of New Device. Before pertaining to the city of Salvador, the district was emancipated in 07 of November of 1961 through the State Law n.º 1538, passing to be called of Simões Son, in homage to the journalist Simões Ernest Son who had exerted the mandates of state deputy and Federal, Minister of Aviation and the Education, besides having been candidate the governor of the Bahia and Senator of the Republic. CLIMATE Due the great proximity of the coast, Simões Son presents humid climate with annual average temperatures of 24,7ºC, annual average rainfall between 1600 and 2000mm, being that the biggest pluviométricas concentrations occur between the months of April and June. The predominant relief forms in the city are thePré-Litorâneos Trays, the Plains Marinhas and Fluviomarinhas and the Littoral Lowered ones, associates to a geology with presence of conglomerates, gnaísses, fluvial and coastal arenitos, deposits (sands of beaches, littoral dunes, fens, terraces and laces). The hydrography is composed for the basin of the river Joanes, being the main tributaries the rivers Cantagalo Stream and the Muriqueira Stream. To the long one of the basin they appear the dams Joanes I, Joanes II, Ipitanga II and Ipitanga III, important for the water supply of the Region Metropolitan of Salvador. The local bioecologia is represented by ground of the type Podzólico álico Vermelho-Amarelo, Latossolo álico Vermelho-Amarelo, álico Yellow Latossolo, Podzol Hidromórfico and Indiscriminate Solos of fen, where they develop agricultural activities, cattle extrativismo and. The vegetation is constituted by the Ombrófila Forest, closed-restinga Contact and pioneering Formations with influence fluviomarinha. LOCALIZATION Limiting itself administratively with the cities of Camaçari, Candeias, Lauro de Freitas and Salvador, Simões Son is located to an average altitude of 120m, Km2 possesss 193 a territorial area of and is cut by the South parallel of 12º 47' and for the meridian of 38º 23' 22 West distanciando itself km of the capital of the Estado.O OUR Simões CITY Son is today 5ª economy of the State of the Bahia, and more walks each time in the improvement of conditions of income and quality of life of its population.
Only the 20 km of Salvador, Simões Son is considered one of the strongest industrial polar regions of the Bahia, having possessed today almost 200 industries in the most diverse pursuings and a natural port extremely protected the bay one of Aratú, important factor for draining of production of the local industries. HISTORY The city of Simões Son, old Long Water district, has its history marked for the Portuguese colonialista inheritance. Its history if initiates with the culture of the sugar cane-of-sugar that lasted between centuries XVI and XVII. Later, with the devastação of the bushes they had appeared the Devices of Oxen of Milling. The place where currently it is the urban center was busy for the Plant of New Device. The emancipation of the Long Water district if gave through efforts of a group of inhabitants who for return of 1960 congregatedhemselves, led for Mr. Walter Jose Tolentino Álvares, to deal with the communitarian problems. Before pertaining to the city of Salvador, the district was emancipated in 07 of November of 1961 through the State Law n.º 1538, passing to be called of Simões Son, in homage to the journalist Simões Ernest Son who had exerted the mandates of state deputy and Federal, Minister of Aviation and the Education, besides having been candidate the governor of the Bahia and Senator of the Republic. CLIMATE Had the great proximity of the coast, Simões Son it presents humid climate with annual average temperatures of 24,7ºC, annual average rainfall between 1600 and 2000mm, being that the biggest pluviométricas concentrations occur between the months of April and June. The predominant relief forms in the city are thePré-Litorâneos Trays, the Plains Marinhas and Fluviomarinhas and the Littoral Lowered ones, associates to a geology with presence of conglomerates, gnaísses, fluvial and coastal arenitos, deposits (sands of beaches, littoral dunes, fens, terraces and laces). The hydrography is composed for the basin of the river Joanes, being the main tributaries the rivers Cantagalo Stream and the Muriqueira Stream. To the long one of the basin they appear the dams Joanes I, Joanes II, Ipitanga II and Ipitanga III, important for the water supply of the Region Metropolitan of Salvador.