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Table 2 Distance between Rural Remote Municipalities to the headquarters of health regions/macro-regions and the state capital, Semi-arid, Brazil, 2019

From: Challenges to the provision of specialized care in remote rural municipalities in Brazil

Place of departure

Health region headquarters (distance/time)

Headquarters of the macro-region health region (distance/time)

Capital (distance/time)

Ipupiara (BA)

Rural area UR

281 km (05 h:25)

489 km (08 h:12)

739 km (12 h:00)

Headquarters

161 km (02 h:25)

369 km (05 h:12)

619 km (09 h:00)

Morpará (BA)

Rural area UR

108 km (02 h:25)

305 km (05 h:05)

745 km (11 h:20)

Headquarters

86 km (01 h:25)

283 km (04 h:05)

723 km (10 h:20)

Pilão Arcado (BA)

Rural area UR

299 km (04 h:48)

299 km (04 h:48)

806 km (12 h:40)

Headquarters

281 km (04 h:08)

281 km (04 h:08)

788 km (12 h:00)

Rio Grande do Piauí (PI)

Rural area UR

163 km (03 h:00)

Does not apply to the state of Piauí*

408 km (06 h:20)

Headquarters

135 km (02 h:00)

380 km (05 h:20)

  1. Captions: UR Unpaved road | PHC Primary Health Care | * Does not apply to the state of Piauí since the regionalization model consists only of health regions
  2. Source: DER Department of Roads and Highways of Bahia (BA) and Piauí (PI). Survey database, based on information from respondents