Chapada Diamantina is a mountainous highland region within the Espinhaco Range in the central Brazilian state of Bahia, built from ancient sedimentary quartzite and sandstone laid down over a billion years ago and later uplifted into a rugged plateau of table mountains, deep canyons, caves and waterfalls. The area takes its name from the diamonds mined there through the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A large part of the region is protected as Chapada Diamantina National Park, established in 1985.
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
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In 1985, the Chapada Diamantina National Park was created with its headquarters in Palmeiras.
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