Salvador, Bahia

Salvador
Salvador
	Municipality
	O Municipio do; São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos; The Municipality of ; Saunt Savior o the Bay o aw Saunts
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	Eik-name(s): Capital da Alegria (Caipital o happiness), Roma Negra (Black Roum) an Bahia Judia (Jewish Bay).
	Motto(s): Sic illa ad arcam reversa est (An thus the dove returned tae the ark)
	Location o Salvador in the State o Bahia
	Salvador Location in Brazil
	Coordinates: 12°58′29″S 38°28′36″W / 12.97472°S 38.47667°WCoordinates: 12°58′29″S 38°28′36″W / 12.97472°S 38.47667°W
Kintra	Brazil
Region	Northeast
State	Bahia
Foondit	29 Mairch 1549
Govrenment
• Mayor	João Henrique Carneiro (PMDB)
Area
• Municipality	706 km2 (273 sq mi)
Elevation	8 m (26 ft)
Population (2010)
• Municipality	2,676,606 (3rd)
• Density	10176.6/km2 (26,357/sq mi)
• Metro	3,574,804 (7t)
Time zone	UTC-3
Postal Code	40000-000
Area code(s)	+55 71
Website	Salvador, Bahia

Salvador (Portuguese pronunciation: [sawvaˈdoʁ], Saviour; historic name: São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos, in Scots: "Ceety o the Holy Saviour o the Bay o aw Saunts"^[2]^[3]) 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:^[4]

Kintra	Ceety	State / Region	Syne
Unitit States	Los Angeles	Californie	1962^[4]
Portugal	Lisbon	Lisboa Region	1985^[4]
Portugal	Angra do Heroísmo	Azores	1985^[4]
Portugal	Cascais	Lisboa Region	1985^[4]
Benin	Cotonou	Littoral Depairtment	1987^[4]
Spain	Pontevedra	Galicie	1992^[4]
Cuba	Havana	La Havana	1993^[4]
Italy	Sciacca	Sicily	2001^[4]
Cheenae	Harbin	Heilongjiang	2003^[4]
Unitit States	Miami	Florida	2006^[5]