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Salvador da Bahia is a city on the northeast coast of Brazil and the capital of the Northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia. Salvador is also known as Brazil's capital of happiness due to its easygoing population and countless popular outdoor parties, including its street carnival. The first colonial capital of Brazil, the city is one of the oldest in the country and in the New World. For a long time, it was simply known as Bahia, and appears under that name (or as Salvador da Bahia, Salvador of Bahia so as to differentiate it from other Brazilian cities of the same name) on many maps and books from before the mid-20th century. Salvador is the third most populous Brazilian city, after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, and it is the ninth most populous city in Latin America.

The city of Salvador is notable in Brazil for its cuisine, music and architecture, and its metropolitan area is the wealthiest in Brazil's Northeast, its poorest region. Over 80% of the population of metropolitan region of Salvador has Black African ancestry, the African influence in many cultural aspects of the city makes it the center of Afro-Brazilian culture and this reflects in turn a curious situation in which African-associated cultural practices are celebrated, but Black Bahians due to their low income are apart from most of the city life options. The historical center of Salvador, frequently called the Pelourinho, is renowned for its Portuguese colonial architecture with historical monuments dating from the 17th through the 19th centuries and has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985.

Salvador is located on a small, roughly triangular peninsula that separates Todos os Santos Bay from the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean. The bay, which gets its name from having been discovered on All Saints' Day forms a natural harbor. Salvador is a major export port, lying at the heart of the Recôncavo Baiano, a rich agricultural and industrial region encompassing the northern portion of coastal Bahia. The local terrain is diverse ranging from flat to rolling to hills and low mountains.

A particularly notable feature is the escarpment that divides Salvador into the Cidade Alta ("Upper Town" - rest of the city) and the Cidade Baixa ("Lower Town" - northwest region of the city), the former some 85 m (279 ft) above the latter,[1] with the city's cathedral and most administrative buildings standing on the higher ground. An elevator (the first installed in Brazil), known as Elevador Lacerda, has connected the two sections since 1873, having since undergone several upgrades.

The Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport connects Salvador with Brazilian cities and also operates international flights, and the city is home to the Federal University of Bahia. ( source Wikipedia )

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  • quando recife xegar no pe da bahia vc me avisa

  • VIVA A BAHIA VIVA A NOSSA SALVADOR

    e pros invejosos faço um breve comentario

    salvador é o principal destino turistico do brasil em 1º lugar acho q isso basta néer

    e como tds as grandes capitais tem seus altos e baixos

    e quem conhece salvador jamais esquece

    tenho orgullho de ser BAHIANO!

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  • @Edy45d vá estudar! Fedida está escrito errado, a silaba tônica não é [fe] é [di] (você não deve está entendendo nada né? É assim mesmo quem perde tempo criticando Salvador quando deveria estar aprendendo o alfabeto) Sou BAIANA com orgulho... Te amo BAHIA!!

  • @MrTomsimoes Não se esqueça que a maior quantidade de gringos desembarca no Rio... e que o Rio é o destino mais visitado abaixo da linha do Equador

  • @MrTomsimoes Moro fora dessa farofa a 32 anos e nao planejo voltar o Brasil inteiro e sujo povo mal educado e tudo pixado............

  • @sontogful Quem tem dinheiro(o que não é o seu caso) vai limita-se somente á unica cidade fiooo. Belo horizonte é tão linda,no final do ano,todos que tem um pouco,esvazia a cidade.

  • @Lucas88ducks Vc gosta de negão q eu sei, eu sei q vc não resiste a uma pegada de africana Baiana.

  • @EduardoGSM Rio tem a Globo.Salvador tem os relatos dos gringos que visitam todo anos,alias ótimos por sinal!

  • @Edy45d Pois é.você nunca saiu desse bairro de sua cidade pequena, provavelmente de Pernambuco. SSA é a Segunda mais visitado no Brasil,sem apoio da globo. só quem já foi sabe o que essa cidade te deixa Maravilhado. os defeitos podem ser corrigidos pelos homens, infelizmente em alguma cidade,nem os dinheiro pode salvar!

  • @EduardoGSM é a segunda mais visitada, só não é a primeira porque não tem nenhuma maravilha do mundo, e não merece a atenção adequada do governo

  • boy cant wait to fly down in april!

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