Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil
E866938
Itabuna, in the state of Bahia, Brazil, is a city in the cacao-growing region of the country, known as the birthplace of renowned writer Jorge Amado.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10486948 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil Context triple: [Jorge Amado, placeOfBirth, Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil]
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A.
Nova Viçosa, Bahia, Brazil
Nova Viçosa, in the Brazilian state of Bahia, is a coastal town known for its beaches, mangroves, and Atlantic Forest landscapes that have attracted artists and environmentalists.
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B.
Itajubá, Brazil
Itajubá, Brazil is a city in the state of Minas Gerais known for its industrial base, particularly in aerospace and defense manufacturing, and for hosting a major Airbus Helicopters production facility.
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C.
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Salvador, the capital of Brazil’s Bahia state, is a major coastal city known for its Afro-Brazilian culture, colonial architecture, and historic role as the country’s first capital.
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D.
Rodelas, Bahia, Brazil
Rodelas, Bahia, Brazil is a small municipality in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia, known as the birthplace of actor and filmmaker Wagner Moura.
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E.
Ubá, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ubá is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, known as the birthplace of famed composer and musician Ary Barroso.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil Target entity description: Itabuna, in the state of Bahia, Brazil, is a city in the cacao-growing region of the country, known as the birthplace of renowned writer Jorge Amado.
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A.
Nova Viçosa, Bahia, Brazil
Nova Viçosa, in the Brazilian state of Bahia, is a coastal town known for its beaches, mangroves, and Atlantic Forest landscapes that have attracted artists and environmentalists.
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B.
Itajubá, Brazil
Itajubá, Brazil is a city in the state of Minas Gerais known for its industrial base, particularly in aerospace and defense manufacturing, and for hosting a major Airbus Helicopters production facility.
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C.
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Salvador, the capital of Brazil’s Bahia state, is a major coastal city known for its Afro-Brazilian culture, colonial architecture, and historic role as the country’s first capital.
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D.
Rodelas, Bahia, Brazil
Rodelas, Bahia, Brazil is a small municipality in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia, known as the birthplace of actor and filmmaker Wagner Moura.
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E.
Ubá, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ubá is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, known as the birthplace of famed composer and musician Ary Barroso.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| administrativeDivision | municipality of the state of Bahia ⓘ |
| averageAnnualRainfall | high and well distributed throughout the year ⓘ |
| averageAnnualTemperature | around 24–25 °C ⓘ |
| birthplaceOf | Jorge Amado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | tropical ⓘ |
| climateClassification | Af (tropical rainforest) in Köppen system ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| culturalInfluence | setting and inspiration for works of Jorge Amado ⓘ |
| demographicDemonym | itabunense ⓘ |
| distanceToIlhéus | about 30 km GENERATED ⓘ |
| governedBy | mayor ⓘ |
| hasHigherEducationInstitution |
Faculdade de Tecnologia e Ciências (FTC Itabuna)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (regional influence) NERFINISHED ⓘ Universidade Federal do Sul da Bahia (UFSB campus) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHospital |
Hospital Calixto Midlej Filho
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hospital de Base Luís Eduardo Magalhães NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasShoppingCenter | Shopping Jequitibá NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSportsClub | Itabuna Esporte Clube NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEconomicIssue | cacao crisis due to witches’ broom disease ⓘ |
| importantCrop |
banana
ⓘ
cacao ⓘ coconut ⓘ |
| isPartOf | cacao coast of Bahia ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cacao production
ⓘ
commerce and services hub in southern Bahia ⓘ |
| language | Portuguese ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | municipal chamber ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Northeast Region of Brazil
ⓘ
southern Bahia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Brasília Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Ilhéus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Cachoeira River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainFootballStadium | Estádio Luiz Viana Filho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Itabuna River (historical toponymic origin) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyAirport | Jorge Amado Airport in Ilhéus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| population | over 200000 inhabitants ⓘ |
| populationRankInBahia | one of the largest cities in the state ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicSectors |
agriculture
ⓘ
commerce ⓘ services ⓘ |
| region | cacao-growing region of southern Bahia ⓘ |
| religionMajority | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| roadConnection |
BR-101
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
BR-415 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Bahia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZoneAbbreviation | BRT ⓘ |
| urbanFunction | regional service center for southern Bahia ⓘ |
| usesDaylightSavingTime | no ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil Description of subject: Itabuna, in the state of Bahia, Brazil, is a city in the cacao-growing region of the country, known as the birthplace of renowned writer Jorge Amado.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.