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ID: 1001834
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Bahia (state)  Bahia (state)

Coordinates:
Lat: 11 00 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -11.0000  decimal degrees
Long: 042 00 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -42.0000  decimal degrees

Note: First explored by Portuguese in early 16th cen.; in 19th cen., coffee & sugar production began on a large scale; terrain varies from swamp land to sandy areas; many people in region practice rituals of candomblé, a regional form of Roman Catholicism.

Names:
Bahia (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of South America (continent)  ....  South America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Brazil (nation)  ........  Brazil (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Nordeste (region)  ............  Nordeste (region) (P)
Hierarchy of Bahia (state)  ................  Bahia (state) (P)

Place Types:
state (preferred, C)
second level subdivision (C)
agricultural land (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Bahia..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 801
..............  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-12
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 19
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 801
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-12
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 19
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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