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Salvador (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 12 58 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -12.9667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 038 29 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -38.4833 decimal degrees |
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Note: One of nation's oldest cities; occupied by Portuguese & Dutch from 15th-18th cen.; center for slave trade used for sugar industry; exports sugar, tobacco, sisal, hides & cocao; manufactures ships, autos & chemicals; site of many 16th-cen. churches. |
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| Salvador (preferred,C,V,O,Portuguese-P)
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| São Salvador (C,V)
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| Baía (C,U)
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| Sao Salvador (C,U)
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| Bahia (H,V)
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| Bahía (H,V)
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| São Salvador de Bahia de Todos os Santos (H,V)
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Bahia (state) (P) |
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Salvador (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded by Thomé de Sousa of Portugal in 1549 |
| city (C) |
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| state capital (C) |
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since 1889 |
| port (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| episcopal see (C) |
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since 1551 |
| colonial settlement (H) |
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colonial capital of Brazil 1549-1763 |
| regional capital (C) |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| São Salvador de Bahia de Todos os Santos.......... |
[VP] |
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Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 817 |
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