Salvador, Bahia
Salvador | |
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Municipality | |
| O Municipio do São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos The Municipality of Saunt Savior o the Bay o aw Saunts | |
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| Eik-name(s): Capital da Alegria (Caipital o happiness), Roma Negra (Black Roum) an Bahia Judia (Jewish Bay). | |
| Motto(s): Sic illa ad arcam reversa est (An thus the dove returned tae the ark) | |
 Location o Salvador in the State o Bahia | |
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| Coordinates: 12°58′29″S 38°28′36″W / 12.97472°S 38.47667°WCoordinates: 12°58′29″S 38°28′36″W / 12.97472°S 38.47667°W | |
| Kintra |  Brazil |
| Region | Northeast |
| State |  Bahia |
| Foondit | 29 Mairch 1549 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | João Henrique Carneiro (PMDB) |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 706 km2 (273 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Municipality | 2,676,606 (3rd) |
| • Density | 10176.6/km2 (26,357/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 3,574,804 (7t)[1] |
| Time zone | UTC-3 |
| Postal Code | 40000-000 |
| Area code(s) | +55 71 |
| Website | Salvador, Bahia |
Salvador (Portuguese pronunciation: [sawvaˈdoʁ], Saviour; historic name: São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos, in Scots: "Ceety o the Holy Saviour o the Bay o aw Saunts"[2][3]) is the lairgest ceety on the northeast coast o Brazil an the caipital o the Northeastern Brazilian state o Bahia. Salvador is ent as Brazil's caipital o happiness due tae its easygoin population an coontless popular ootdoor pairties an aw, includin its street carnival.
The first colonial caipital o Brazil, the ceety is ane o the auldest in the Americas. For a lang time, it wis simply kent as Bahia, an appears unner that name (or as Salvador da Bahia, Salvador o Bahia sae as tae differentiate it frae ither Brazilian ceeties o the same name) on mony maps an beuks frae afore the mid-20t century. Salvador is the third maist populous Brazilian ceety, efter São Paulo an Rio de Janeiro. The metropolitan aurie o the ceety, wi 3.5 million o fowk, housomeibver, is the seivent maist populous Brazilian urban agglomeration, efter the urban auries o Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre, Recife an Fortaleza, an the third in Brazilian Northeast Region.
Sister ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]
Salvador's sister ceeties are:[4]
| Kintra | Ceety | State / Region | Syne |
|---|---|---|---|
 Unitit States
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 Los Angeles
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 Californie
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1962[4] |
 Portugal
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 Lisbon
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 Lisboa Region
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1985[4] |
| Portugal
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 Azores
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1985[4] |
| Portugal
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 Cascais
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Lisboa Region
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1985[4] |
 Benin
|
 Cotonou
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Littoral Depairtment
|
1987[4] |
 Spain
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 Pontevedra
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 Galicie
|
1992[4] |
 Cuba
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 Havana
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 La Havana
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1993[4] |
 Italy
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Sciacca |  Sicily
|
2001[4] |
 Cheenae
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 Harbin
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 Heilongjiang
|
2003[4] |
| Unitit States
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 Miami
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 Florida
|
2006[5] |
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/censo2010/populacao_por_municipio.shtm
- ↑ Brickell, Margaret (Julie 1991). "If You Only Have a Day in Salvador da Bahia". Cruise Travel. 13 (1): 25–26. Retrieved 29 Apryle 2011.
- ↑ Graham, Sandra Lauderdale (2002). Caetana says no: women's stories from a Brazilian slave society. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 3. ISBN 0-521-89353-4.
|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ↑ a b c d e f g h i j "Mayor's International Council Sister Cities Program". Salvador, Bahia. Archived frae the original on 15 Julie 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2008.
- ↑ Miami and Salvador are Sister Cities Archived 2012-04-26 at the Wayback Machine
Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Pelourinho of Salvador, Bahia Digital Media Archive Archived 2011-11-18 at the Wayback Machine (creative commons-licensed photos, laser scans, panoramas), data frae a Federal University of Bahia/University of Ferrara/Leica Geosystems/CyArk research partnership
- (in Portuguese) Ceety wabsteid
- Salvador Bahia Archived 2012-04-22 at the Wayback Machine
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