Bahia
Bahia (Portuguese pronunciation: ) is ane o the 26 states o Brazil, an is locatit in the northeastren pairt o the kintra on the Atlantic coast.
It is the fowert maist populous Brazilian state efter São Paulo, Minas Gerais an Rio de Janeiro, an the fift-lairgest in size. Bahia's caipital is the ceety o Salvador, or mair properly, São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos, an is locatit at the junction o the Atlantic Ocean an the Bay o Aw Saunts, first seen bi European sailors in 1501. The name "bahia" is an airchaic spellin o the Portuguese wird baía, meanin "bay".
Bahia Estado da Bahia | |
|---|---|
| State o Bahia | |
 Banner  Coat airms | |
 Location o the State o Bahia in Brazil | |
| Kintra |  Brazil |
| Caipital an lairgest ceety | Salvador |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Jaques Wagner |
| • Vice Govrenor | Edmundo Pereira Santos |
| Area | |
| • Total | 564692 km2 (218,029 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 5t |
| Population (2010 census) | |
| • Total | 14,021,432 |
| • Rank | 4t |
| • Density | 25/km2 (64/sq mi) |
| • Density rank | 12t |
| Demonym(s) | Baiano |
| GDP | |
| • Year | 2006 estimate |
| • Total | R$ 96,559,000,000 (6th) |
| • Per caipita | R$ 6,922 (19t) |
| HDI | |
| • Year | 2005 |
| • Category | 0.742 – medium (19t) |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (BRT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2 (BRST) |
| Postal code | 40000-000 to 48990-000 |
| ISO 3166 code | BR-BA |
| Website | bahia.ba.gov.br |
References
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- (in Portuguese) History o Bahia
- (in Portuguese) Geography o Bahia Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Portuguese) Population o Bahia
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