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Salvador

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

Salvador or Bahia , formerly São Salvador , city (1991 pop. 2,075,273), capital of Bahia state, E Brazil, a port on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the commercial center of a fertile crescent (the Recôncavo ) and a shipping point for the cacao district to the south. Other exports include tobacco, sugar, hardwoods, industrial diamonds, oil, and aluminum. Salvador is also a fashionable tourist center. Despite the abundance of electrical energy, industrialization has proceeded slowly. Food processing, metallurgy, and woodworking are leading industries. The city, built on a peninsula, is divided into two sections connected by graded roads, elevators, and cable cars. As the main center of candomblé, which mixes Catholic and African religious beliefs and dieties, Salvador is known as the "Black Rome."

Founded in 1549, Salvador flourished with the development of sugar plantations and became the leading center of colonial Brazil. The resulting influx of black African slaves made the area notable for its African heritage in music, dance, folk customs, religion, and cuisine. Briefly under Dutch occupation (1624-25), the city was the capital of the Portuguese possessions in America until 1763. It still contains many buildings and fortifications from the colonial period. In the early 19th cent. it was a center of the Brazilian independence movement, and in 1912 was bombarded and heavily damaged by federal forces.

Salvador's intellectual and cultural vitality was manifested by such famous bahianos as Ruy Barbosa , the statesman; Antônio de Castro Alves , the poet; and Jorge Amado , the novelist. Points of interest include a 16th-century cathedral (one of the city's many notable churches), two universities, and agricultural institutes. Salvador has a naval base.

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Salvador

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Salvador (Bahia) Seaport city in e central Brazil; capital of Bahia state. Founded by the Portuguese in 1549, it was the capital of Brazil until 1763. Portuguese colonizers built vast sugar plantations using slave labour, and the city is noted for its African culture. Industries: oil refining, petrochemicals, tobacco, sugar, coffee, industrial diamonds. Pop. (2000) 3,021,572.

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Salvador

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Salvador, Bahia/Brazil São Salvador Founded in 1549 by the Portuguese with the name ‘Saviour’. It was the capital of colonial Brazil in 1549–1763.

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Salvador

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Salvador ♂ (Spanish) Religious name borne in honour of Christ the Saviour, from Late Latin salvator ‘saviour’.

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Salvador

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

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