Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

E62572

city municipality

Salvador, the capital of Brazil’s Bahia state, is a major coastal city known for its Afro-Brazilian culture, colonial architecture, and historic role as the country’s first capital.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Salvador	11
Salvador da Bahia	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ municipality ⓘ
climate	tropical savanna climate ⓘ
colonialPower	Portugal ⓘ
continent	South America ⓘ
country	Brazil ⓘ
demonym	Soteropolitana ⓘ Soteropolitano ⓘ
formerCapitalOf	Brazil ⓘ
foundedBy	Tomé de Sousa ⓘ
foundingDate	1549 ⓘ
hasAirport	Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport ⓘ
hasCulinarySpecialty	Acarajé ⓘ Moqueca baiana ⓘ Vatapá ⓘ
hasCulturalEvent	Carnival of Salvador ⓘ
hasHeritage	Afro-Brazilian culture ⓘ
hasHistoricFunction	colonial administrative center of Portuguese America ⓘ
hasLandmark	Dique do Tororó ⓘ Elevador Lacerda ⓘ Farol da Barra ⓘ Igreja de São Francisco ⓘ Mercado Modelo ⓘ Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia ⓘ surface form: Pelourinho
hasMusicTradition	Axé music ⓘ Samba ⓘ
hasSignificantReligion	Afro-Brazilian religions ⓘ Candomblé ⓘ
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia ⓘ
isCapitalOf	Bahia ⓘ
isPartOf	Metropolitan Region of Salvador ⓘ
isPortCityOn	Bay of All Saints ⓘ
knownFor	Afro-Brazilian culture ⓘ Carnival street parades ⓘ colonial architecture ⓘ historic center Pelourinho ⓘ historic role as first capital of Brazil ⓘ
locatedIn	Northeast Region of Brazil ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Brasília Time ⓘ surface form: America/Bahia
locatedOn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf	Bahia ⓘ
majorReligion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
officialLanguage	Portuguese ⓘ
portName	Port of Salvador ⓘ
state	Bahia ⓘ
timezone	BRT ⓘ
urbanStructure	Lower City ⓘ Upper City ⓘ
utcOffset	−03:00 ⓘ