Rodelas
# Rodelas

Rodelas is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil.

## Geography

The municipality contains part of the 104,842 hectares (259,070 acres) Raso da Catarina Ecological Station, created in 2001. The municipality was designated a priority area for conservation and sustainable use when the Caatinga Ecological Corridor was created in 2006.

## History

The unattested indigenous language Peria (also spelled Poria) was formerly spoken in Rodelas. The extinct Tuxá language was also spoken in Rodelas.

