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São Félix, Bahia
São Félix, Bahia is a municipality in Bahia, Brazil. The municipality has a population of 14,762 with a population density of 142 inhabitants per square kilometer. It is located from the state capital of Bahia, Salvador. São Félix directly faces Cachoeira across the Paraguaçu River; it also borders Muritiba, Maragogipe, Cruz das Almas, São Felipe, and Governador Mangabeira. History São Félix has its origin in a Tupinamba village. In 1534, the Tupinambá village had about 20 huts and a population of approximately two hundred. The Portuguese took the land for the timber trade and to establish sugar cane plantations. Their attempts to enslave the Tupinamba population was unsuccessful and Mem de Sá, Governor-General of the Portuguese colony of Brazil from 1557 to 1572, expelled them from the region. Slaves were brought from Africa to Bahia beginning in 1549, and to Sao Felix and Cachoeira in 1615. Tobacco production fueled the economy of São Félix from the eighteenth ...
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Municipalities Of Brazil
The municipalities of Brazil () are administrative divisions of the states of Brazil, Brazilian states. Brazil currently has 5,571 municipalities, which, given the 2019 population estimate of 210,147,125, makes an average municipality population of 37,728 inhabitants. The average state in Brazil has 214 municipalities. Roraima is the least subdivided state, with 15 municipalities, while Minas Gerais is the most, with 853. Northern states are divided into small numbers of large municipalities (e.g. Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas is divided into only 62 municipalities), and therefore they cover large areas incorporating several separated towns or villages that do not necessarily conform to one single conurbation. Southern and eastern states on the other hand, are divided into many small municipalities (e.g. Minas Gerais), and therefore large urban areas usually extend over several municipalities which form one single conurbation. The Federal District (Brazil), Federal Distr ...
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São Felipe
São Felipe is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Bahia This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Bahia (BA), located in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Bahia is divided into 417 municipalities, which were, until 2017, grouped into 32 microregions, which were grouped into 7 mesoregions. ... References Municipalities in Bahia {{Bahia-geo-stub ...
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List Of Municipalities In Bahia
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Bahia (BA), located in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Bahia is divided into 417 municipalities, which were, until 2017, grouped into 32 microregions, which were grouped into 7 mesoregions. See also * Geography of Brazil * List of cities in Brazil {{South America topic, List of cities in Bahia Bahia () is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Mina ... * ...
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Hansen Bahia
Hansen Bahia, born Karl Heinz Hansen (Hamburg, Germany, 1915 – São Paulo, Brazil, 1978), was a German engraver, artist, and writer active in Brazil after 1950. He fought in World War II as a soldier, illustrated children's books after the war, and began working in woodcuts, his primary medium in the late 1940s. He traveled to Brazil in 1950s, and worked with numerous artists and authors of Salvador, Bahia in the period. He worked in Germany, Ethiopia, and Colombia in the 1960s, and returned to Brazil in 1966. He legally changed his name to Hansen Bahia in 1966. Hansen Bahia moved to the interior of the Brazilian state of Bahia in 1975, and purchased a historic farm with his wife, Ilsa. The couple donated his art, residence, and personal effects to the city of Cachoeira, Bahia; they are housed and displayed in the Hansen Bahia Foundation in Cachoeira. Early life Hansen Bahia spent his childhood in Hamburg, where he studied painting from 1930 to 1933. He then worked in Italy as ...
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Antiga Casa Dos Hansen Bahia
Antigua ( ; ), also known as Waladli or Wadadli by the local population, is an island in the Lesser Antilles. It is one of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region and the most populous island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua and Barbuda became an independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations on 1 November 1981. The island's perimeter is roughly and its area . Its population was 83,191 (at the 2011 Census). The economy is mainly reliant on tourism, with the agricultural sector serving the domestic market. Over 22,000 people live in the capital city, St. John's. The capital is situated in the north-west and has a deep harbour which is able to accommodate large cruise ships. Other leading population settlements are All Saints (3,412) and Liberta (2,239), according to the 2001 census. English Harbour on the south-eastern coast provides one of the largest deep water, protected harbors in the Eastern Caribbean. It is the site of UNESCO World Heritage S ...
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