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Cachoeira

Cachoeira
Municipality
Cachoeira on the Paraguaçu River
Cachoeira on the Paraguaçu River
Flag of Cachoeira
Flag
Official seal of Cachoeira
Seal
Location in Bahia
Location in Bahia
Coordinates: 12°35′4″S 38°57′21″W / 12.58444°S 38.95583°W / -12.58444; -38.95583Coordinates: 12°35′4″S 38°57′21″W / 12.58444°S 38.95583°W / -12.58444; -38.95583
Country Brazil
State Bahia
Meso-region Metropolitana de Salvador
Micro-Region Santo Antônio de Jesus
Government
 • Mayor Fernando Antonio da Silva Pereira
Area
 • Total 395.223 km2 (152.596 sq mi)
Population 2016 (est.)
 • Total 35,013
 • Density 89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Cachoeirano
Postal code 44300-xxx
Area/distance code (00)55
Designated 1973
Reference no. 843

Cachoeira (Portuguese, meaning the waterfall), is an inland municipality of Bahia, Brazil, on the Paraguaçu River. The town exports sugar, cotton and tobacco and is a thriving commercial and industrial centre.

The municipality contains 56% of the 10,074 hectares (24,890 acres) Baía do Iguape Marine Extractive Reserve, created in 2000.

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.

Nineteenth-Century Facade

Church of the Third Order of Carmel

Carmel Inn

Building Facades

This article incorporates a translation from the Portuguese


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