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Cachoeira
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Map of the state of Bahía, Brazil pointing Cachoeira | |||
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State: | Bahia | ||
Meso-region: | Metropolitana de Salvador | ||
Micro-Region: | Santo Antônio de Jesus | ||
Founded: | January 1, 1939 | ||
Location: | 12°37′4″S 38°57′21″W / 12.61778°S 38.95583°WCoordinates: 12°37′4″S 38°57′21″W / 12.61778°S 38.95583°W{{#coordinates:12|37|4|S|38|57|21|W|region:BR | primary | name=
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Area: | 398.472 km² | ||
Population: | 31,966(2006) | ||
Population density: | 80.22/km² | ||
Postal code: | 44300-xxx | ||
Distance from the state capital: | 110 km north | ||
Name of inhabitants: | cachoeirano | ||
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Climate: | tropical |
Cachoeira (Portuguese, meaning the waterfall), is an inland town of Bahia, Brazil, on the Paraguaçu River. The town exports sugar, cotton and tobacco and is a thriving commercial and industrial centre.
First settled by the Indians, it was later settled by the Portuguese families of Dias Adorno and Rodrigues Martins. It became known as Nossa Senhora do Rosário in 1674. It was a strategic area and was linked with the mining city of Salvador, the former colonial capital. It became a parish on December 27, 1693. It also became Vila de Nossa Senhora do Rosário do Porto da Cachoeira do Paraguaçu in 1698.
Sugar cane farming, gold mining on rio das Contas, increased traffic on royal streets, and navigation on the Rio Paraguaçu combined to boost the regional economy at the beginning of the 18th century. In early 1800, the Cachoeirense society became very important politically. It actively participated in the war of the Independence of Bahia.
The town became a city under the imperial decree of March 13, 1873 (Provincial Law 43).
Cachoeira is considered a national monument of the Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico Artístico e Nacional (IPHAN)
It is currently undergoing a bit of a tourist revival, and is a centre of candomblé.
Population history
Year | Population | Change | Density |
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1890 | 12,607 | - | - |
2004 | 31,071 | - | 77.98/km² |
2006 | 31,966 | - | 80.22/km² |
Notable people
- Francisca Praguer Fróes, Brazil's first female physician
Gallery
- Nineteenth-Century Facade in Cachoeira - Bahia - Brazil.JPG
Nineteenth-Century Facade
- Igreja da Ordem Terceiro do Carmo - Cachoeira - Bahia - Brazil.JPG
Church of the Third Order of Carmel
- Interior of Pousada do Convento do Carmo - Cachoeira - Bahia - Brazil.JPG
Carmel Inn
- Building Facades - Cachoeira - Bahia - Brazil.JPG
Building Facades
References
This article incorporates a translation from the Portuguese Wikipedia
40x40px | Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Cachoeira. |
External links
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