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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.
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 | |
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 | |
Coordinates: 12°58′29″S 38°28′36″W | |
Kintra | ![]() |
Region | Northeast |
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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 |
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.
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] |
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