Salvador, Bahia

Salvador (, Saviour; historic name: São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos, in Scots: "Ceety o the Holy Saviour o the Bay o aw Saunts") is the lairgest ceety on the northeast coast o Brazil an the caipital o the Northeastern  Brazilian state o Bahia. Salvador is ent as Brazil's caipital o happiness due tae its easygoin population an coontless popular ootdoor pairties an aw, includin its street carnival.

The first colonial caipital o Brazil, the ceety is ane o the auldest in the Americas. For a lang time, it wis simply kent as Bahia, an appears unner that name (or as Salvador da Bahia, Salvador o Bahia sae as tae differentiate it frae ither Brazilian ceeties o the same name) on mony maps an beuks frae afore the mid-20t century. Salvador is the third maist populous Brazilian ceety, efter São Paulo an Rio de Janeiro. The metropolitan aurie o the ceety, wi 3.5 million o fowk, housomeibver, is the seivent maist populous Brazilian urban agglomeration, efter the urban auries o Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre, Recife an Fortaleza, an the third in Brazilian Northeast Region.

Sister ceeties
Salvador's sister ceeties are:

 Kintra Ceety State / Region Syne  Unitit States 25px Los Angeles 25px Californie 1962  Portugal 25px Lisbon 25px Lisboa Region 1985  Portugal 25px| Angra do Heroísmo  25px Azores 1985  Portugal 25px| Cascais 25px| Lisboa Region 1985  Benin 25px| Cotonou 25px| Littoral Depairtment 1987  Spain 25px| Pontevedra 25px| Galicie 1992  Cuba 25px| Havana 25px| La Havana 1993  Italy Sciacca 25px| Sicily 2001  Cheenae Harbin 25px| Heilongjiang 2003  Unitit States 25px Miami 25px Florida 2006Miami and Salvador are Sister Cities 

References

Freemit airtins
Pelourinho of Salvador, Bahia Digital Media Archive  (creative commons-licensed photos, laser scans, panoramas), data frae a Federal University of Bahia/University of Ferrara/Leica Geosystems/CyArk research partnership
  Ceety wabsteid 
 Salvador Bahia 


Category:Populatit coastal places in Bahia
Category:State caipitals in Brazil
Category:Populatit places established in 1549
Category:Umwhile naitional caipitals
Category:Warld Heritage Steids in Brazil
Category:Municipalities in Bahia