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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Nickname(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 | |||
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Region | Northeast | ||
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Foondit | 29 Mairch 1549 | ||
Govrenment | |||
• Mayor | João Henrique Carneiro (PMDB) | ||
Aurie | |||
• Municipality | 706 km2 (273 sq mi) | ||
Elevation | 8 m (26 ft) | ||
Population (2010) | |||
• Municipality | 2,676,606 (3rd) | ||
• Density | 10,176.6/km2 (26,357/sq mi) | ||
• Metro | 3,574,804 (7t)[1] | ||
Time zone | UTC-3 | ||
Postal Code | 40000-000 | ||
Aurie code(s) | +55 71 | ||
Wabsteid | 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]
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1962[4] |
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1985[4] |
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1985[4] |
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1985[4] |
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1987[4] |
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1992[4] |
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1993[4] |
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2001[4] |
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2003[4] |
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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 Aprile 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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 "Mayor's International Council Sister Cities Program". Salvador, Bahia. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
- ↑ Miami and Salvador are Sister Cities
Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Pelourinho of Salvador, Bahia Digital Media Archive (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