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July 26th, 2010, 03:16 AM
Bahia (Portuguese pronunciation: )[1] is one of the 26 states of Brazil, and is located in the northeastern part of the country on the Atlantic coast.
It is the fourth most populous Brazilian state after São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, and the fifth-largest in size. It is also one of the most important states in terms of history and culture in Brazil.
Bahia's capital is the city of Salvador, or more properly, São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos, and is located at the junction of the Atlantic Ocean and the Bay of All Saints. The name "bahia" is an archaic spelling of the Portuguese word baía, meaning "bay", and comes from All Saints' Bay, first seen by European sailors in 1501.
The Portuguese Pedro Álvares Cabral landed at what is now Porto Seguro, on the southern coast of Bahia in 1500, and claimed the territory for Portugal. In 1549, Portugal established the city of Salvador, on a hill facing the Bay of All Saints. The city and surrounding captaincy served as the administrative and religious capital of Portugal's colonies in the Americas until 1763. The Dutch tried to hold control of Bahia but were defeated, only being able to seize Pernambuco. Charles Darwin visited Bahia in 1832 on his famous Voyage of The Beagle.
The state was also the last area of Brazil to join the independent confederation. Some members in the elite remained loyal to the Portuguese crown after the rest of the country was granted independence. After several battles, mostly in Pirajá, the province was finally able to expel the Portuguese on July 2, 1823, known as Bahia Independence Day, a great popular celebration. In the state there is an ongoing discussion about the exact moment of Brazilian independence, because for almost all baianos, it really happened in Bahia with the battles, and not on September 7, when the Emperor, Pedro I, declared independence.
Bahia was a center of sugar cultivation from the 16th to the 18th centuries, and contains a number of historic towns, such as Cachoeira, dating from this era. Integral to the sugar economy was the importation of a vast number of African slaves; more than 37% of all slaves taken from Africa were sent to Brazil, mostly to be processed in Bahia before being sent to work in plantations elsewhere in the country. The oldest Roman Catholic cathedral and the first medical college in the country are located in Bahia's capital, which also has one of the highest percentage of churches of any state capital in Brazil. The Catholic Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Geraldo Majella Agnelo, is the Cardinal Primate of Brazil.
[B]This is the land Brazil began!!!!
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Club Med - Trancoso
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/visitbrasil/
Rio de Contas
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/strugale/
Taipus de Fora
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Morro de São Paulo
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Barra do Paraguaçu
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonysampaio/
Praia do Espelho
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/acauafonseca/
Praia de Jeribucaçu / Itacaré - Bahia
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/acauafonseca/
Jacobina
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/matheusguerra/
Península do Maraú
Praia de Algodões
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renato pira - http://www.flickr.com/photos/renato_pira/3050230222/in/set-72157594346056616[/ur
Canavieiras
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[url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/cris_wild_child/
Trancoso
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/clubmedbrasil/
Pico das Almas
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/10426112@N02/
Lago de Sobradinho - Remanso
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/tovinhoregis/
Salinas das Margaridas - Baía de Todos-os-Santos
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivananascimento/
Vale do Capão-
Cachoeira da Fumaça
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/tuiratule/4476108435/in/pool-bahia-com-h
Itabuna
http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/2291/28896056.jpg
Foto: Iagorc – by Panoramio
Canyon do Buracão - Chapada Diamantina
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/jvc/
Luís Eduardo Magalhães
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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3312/3215048713_66bf2b1591_o.jpg
Flickr immaginando
Ilhéus
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/cidedson/
Raso da Catarina
http://i1026.photobucket.com/albums/y323/HarissonSouza/fernandofranco.jpg
Fernando Franco - Flickr
Barra Grande
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/danilosanches/[/QUOTE]
Lago de Sobradinho
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/tovinhoregis/
Piatã
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Gruta azul
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/visitbrasil/[/QUOTE]
Ibotirama
http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv213/Ondasbahia/00000713.jpg
José Israel Abrantes
Santa Maria da Vitória / São Félix do Coribe
http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv213/Ondasbahia/imagens5Cpassarela2.jpg
http://www.seinfra.ba.gov.br/exibe_noticia_banco.asp?id_noticia=7793
Paulo Afonso
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4032/4584796621_9636483721_b.jpg
Adilson Andrade - http://www.flickr.com/photos/adilson_aracaju/4584796621/in/pool-flickrse
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2736/4533328046_3a037d7bf3_b.jpg
Adilson Andrade - http://www.flickr.com/photos/adilson_aracaju/4533328046/
Somewhere in Caetité's area
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/thaisfigueiredos/[/QUOTE]
Praia do Forte
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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3587/3471186464_7b98e7145e_o.jpg
Litoral Norte
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Fotos: Anselmo Garrido - http://www.flickr.com/photos/anselmogarrido/sets/72157617234999480/
Ilha de Boipeba
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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3256/2557377967_f2e3175c9d_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bit-ramone/
Moreré - Boipeba
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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2647/4229221391_175ace45d1_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2796/4229996024_cd2a883ce5_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/strugale/
Paulo Afonso
http://i1026.photobucket.com/albums/y323/HarissonSouza/iurisouza.jpg
Iuri souza
Feira de Santana
http://i43.tinypic.com/zlcb6g.jpg
Chapada Diamantina
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/4443814792_5095d6a7c9_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/crisfelix/
Lago de Sobradinho
http://i1026.photobucket.com/albums/y323/HarissonSouza/2587255750_1dfc9fb2b3_b.jpg
Tovinho Regis - Flickr
Serra dos Colomis - Remanso
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2276/2170587684_cac222f5a1_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tovinhoregis/
Ponta dos Castelhanos
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/strugale/[/QUOTE]
Ibicoara
cooffe platantion
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/strugale/[/QUOTE]
Caraíva
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/strugale/[/QUOTE]
Vale do Paty
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryyck/[/QUOTE]
Mucugê
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/strugale/
Pico das Almas
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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2453/3642758238_b79825b91e_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/strugale/[/QUOTE]
Itabuna
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t306/dilma_bruna/10-2.jpg
Vitória da Conquista:
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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3563/3304582905_cd3741b025_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulonunes/
Barreiras
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3431/3749792825_bf9b53e427_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcospulido/[/QUOTE]
Lagoa Azul-São Desidério
http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv213/Ondasbahia/LagoaAzul1.jpg
It is the fourth most populous Brazilian state after São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, and the fifth-largest in size. It is also one of the most important states in terms of history and culture in Brazil.
Bahia's capital is the city of Salvador, or more properly, São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos, and is located at the junction of the Atlantic Ocean and the Bay of All Saints. The name "bahia" is an archaic spelling of the Portuguese word baía, meaning "bay", and comes from All Saints' Bay, first seen by European sailors in 1501.
The Portuguese Pedro Álvares Cabral landed at what is now Porto Seguro, on the southern coast of Bahia in 1500, and claimed the territory for Portugal. In 1549, Portugal established the city of Salvador, on a hill facing the Bay of All Saints. The city and surrounding captaincy served as the administrative and religious capital of Portugal's colonies in the Americas until 1763. The Dutch tried to hold control of Bahia but were defeated, only being able to seize Pernambuco. Charles Darwin visited Bahia in 1832 on his famous Voyage of The Beagle.
The state was also the last area of Brazil to join the independent confederation. Some members in the elite remained loyal to the Portuguese crown after the rest of the country was granted independence. After several battles, mostly in Pirajá, the province was finally able to expel the Portuguese on July 2, 1823, known as Bahia Independence Day, a great popular celebration. In the state there is an ongoing discussion about the exact moment of Brazilian independence, because for almost all baianos, it really happened in Bahia with the battles, and not on September 7, when the Emperor, Pedro I, declared independence.
Bahia was a center of sugar cultivation from the 16th to the 18th centuries, and contains a number of historic towns, such as Cachoeira, dating from this era. Integral to the sugar economy was the importation of a vast number of African slaves; more than 37% of all slaves taken from Africa were sent to Brazil, mostly to be processed in Bahia before being sent to work in plantations elsewhere in the country. The oldest Roman Catholic cathedral and the first medical college in the country are located in Bahia's capital, which also has one of the highest percentage of churches of any state capital in Brazil. The Catholic Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Geraldo Majella Agnelo, is the Cardinal Primate of Brazil.
[B]This is the land Brazil began!!!!
http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/7223/mapabahiagc6.jpg
Club Med - Trancoso
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2487/4120631252_072cb79c15_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/visitbrasil/
Rio de Contas
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3623/3642755514_b5957df18d_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/strugale/
Taipus de Fora
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3467/3391612979_8f008e1812_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eduardobassotto/
Morro de São Paulo
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2343/1766843057_3a37ede269_b.jpg
Barra do Paraguaçu
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3369/3329480076_1d6ac61565_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonysampaio/
Praia do Espelho
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2794/4279707983_9244a8dc01_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/acauafonseca/
Praia de Jeribucaçu / Itacaré - Bahia
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4026/4275912048_d64a7108f5_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/acauafonseca/
Jacobina
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1315/635458945_f91022b580_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/matheusguerra/
Península do Maraú
Praia de Algodões
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3039/3050230222_0d98ae2afa_b.jpg
renato pira - http://www.flickr.com/photos/renato_pira/3050230222/in/set-72157594346056616[/ur
Canavieiras
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3276/2810476750_7a68f804c9_o.jpg
[url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/cris_wild_child/
Trancoso
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3017/4559577528_aaffe85972_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/clubmedbrasil/
Pico das Almas
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2444/3984724366_70e9de13d9_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10426112@N02/
Lago de Sobradinho - Remanso
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3011/2569687022_4aa7fd1ac3_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tovinhoregis/
Salinas das Margaridas - Baía de Todos-os-Santos
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3475/3196710115_a5325fc1e5_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivananascimento/
Vale do Capão-
Cachoeira da Fumaça
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2723/4476108435_6e693867e4_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tuiratule/4476108435/in/pool-bahia-com-h
Itabuna
http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/2291/28896056.jpg
Foto: Iagorc – by Panoramio
Canyon do Buracão - Chapada Diamantina
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/148/352819555_5be9c48c54_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jvc/
Luís Eduardo Magalhães
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3124/3215049283_10128bb854_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3312/3215048713_66bf2b1591_o.jpg
Flickr immaginando
Ilhéus
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2797/4409213885_94d1f35035_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cidedson/
Raso da Catarina
http://i1026.photobucket.com/albums/y323/HarissonSouza/fernandofranco.jpg
Fernando Franco - Flickr
Barra Grande
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/53/134834894_ec834e2007_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/danilosanches/[/QUOTE]
Lago de Sobradinho
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2760/4477751049_3541d73947_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tovinhoregis/
Piatã
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/24362259.jpg
Gruta azul
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/visitbrasil/[/QUOTE]
Ibotirama
http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv213/Ondasbahia/00000713.jpg
José Israel Abrantes
Santa Maria da Vitória / São Félix do Coribe
http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv213/Ondasbahia/imagens5Cpassarela2.jpg
http://www.seinfra.ba.gov.br/exibe_noticia_banco.asp?id_noticia=7793
Paulo Afonso
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4032/4584796621_9636483721_b.jpg
Adilson Andrade - http://www.flickr.com/photos/adilson_aracaju/4584796621/in/pool-flickrse
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2736/4533328046_3a037d7bf3_b.jpg
Adilson Andrade - http://www.flickr.com/photos/adilson_aracaju/4533328046/
Somewhere in Caetité's area
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3393/3474014618_5890c45213_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thaisfigueiredos/[/QUOTE]
Praia do Forte
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3637/3470373725_d30693770c_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3587/3471186464_7b98e7145e_o.jpg
Litoral Norte
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3538/3471187556_0c2e489a6f_o.jpg
Fotos: Anselmo Garrido - http://www.flickr.com/photos/anselmogarrido/sets/72157617234999480/
Ilha de Boipeba
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3045/2557377471_916eb0219f_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3256/2557377967_f2e3175c9d_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bit-ramone/
Moreré - Boipeba
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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2647/4229221391_175ace45d1_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2796/4229996024_cd2a883ce5_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/strugale/
Paulo Afonso
http://i1026.photobucket.com/albums/y323/HarissonSouza/iurisouza.jpg
Iuri souza
Feira de Santana
http://i43.tinypic.com/zlcb6g.jpg
Chapada Diamantina
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/4443814792_5095d6a7c9_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/crisfelix/
Lago de Sobradinho
http://i1026.photobucket.com/albums/y323/HarissonSouza/2587255750_1dfc9fb2b3_b.jpg
Tovinho Regis - Flickr
Serra dos Colomis - Remanso
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2276/2170587684_cac222f5a1_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tovinhoregis/
Ponta dos Castelhanos
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2708/4230228744_f5f0d4ac39_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/strugale/[/QUOTE]
Ibicoara
cooffe platantion
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2442/3660877163_3e27cf098f_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/strugale/[/QUOTE]
Caraíva
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3400/3172227805_5477c9fa0c_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/strugale/[/QUOTE]
Vale do Paty
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryyck/[/QUOTE]
Mucugê
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2461/3642713032_af9ae97538_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2199/3661661260_23e2e7e1ea_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/strugale/
Pico das Almas
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3619/3642758828_25e6080a93_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2453/3642758238_b79825b91e_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/strugale/[/QUOTE]
Itabuna
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t306/dilma_bruna/10-2.jpg
Vitória da Conquista:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3342/3304798283_f0ac861b27_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3563/3304582905_cd3741b025_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulonunes/
Barreiras
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3431/3749792825_bf9b53e427_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcospulido/[/QUOTE]
Lagoa Azul-São Desidério
http://i685.photobucket.com/albums/vv213/Ondasbahia/LagoaAzul1.jpg