Nazaré, also known as Nazaré das Farinhas, is a

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in the

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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 ...

in the North-East region of

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. The municipality has a population of 28,594 with a

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of 107 inhabitants per square kilometer. It is located from the state capital of Bahia,

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. Nazaré is within the

Bahian Recôncavo Bahia () is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro) and the 5th-largest by area. Bahia's capita ...

, an interior region of the state of Bahia. It borders the municipalities of Muniz Ferreira,

Aratuípe Aratuípe 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. Bahi ...

Jaguaripe Jaguaripe is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by a ...

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, and

Maragogipe Maragogipe is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. Maragogipe covers , and has a population of 44,793 with a population density of 110 inhabitants per square kilometer. Maragogipe is located from the state c ...

. The

Jaguaripe River The Jaguaripe River () is a river located in Bahia, Brazil. It is administered by the state of Bahia under Region of Planning and Water Management IX, the Recôncavo Sul. The river derives its name from the Tupi language term ''îagûarype'', mean ...

crosses through the middle of the town. It is sits on the intersection of two Bahian state highways, BA-001 and BA-046.

History

Nazaré was settled by the

Tupinambá people The Tupinambá ( Tupinambás) are one of the various Tupi ethnic groups that inhabit present-day Brazil, and who had been living there long before the conquest of the region by Portuguese colonial settlers. The name Tupinambá was also applied t ...

. Portuguese settlers arrived in the second half of the sixteenth century. Fernão Cabral de Ataíde settled on the right bank of the

, and called the settlement the Sesmaria de Jaguaripe.

Economy

Nazaré is noted for its production of

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, cachaça, and ceramics. The town also supports a small fishing industry.

Historic structures

Nazaré is home to several colonial-period historic structures, some designated as Brazilian national monuments by the

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. * Chapel of Our Lady of the Conception (Igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora de Nazaré) * Chapel of Our Lady of Nazareth at Camamu (Igreja de Nossa Senhora de Nazaré de Camamú) * Chapel of Our Lady of the Conception (Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição) The Cine Teatro Rio Branco is the oldest functioning cinema in Brazil.

References

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