Salvador
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| Founded | March 29 |
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| 1549 | |
| Postal Code | 40000-000 |
| Area code | 5571 |
| Population | 2. 677 million (2010) |
| Did you know | Salvador is the ninth-most-populous Latin American city by population (2,921,087). |
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| ID | 814848 |
About Salvador
Salvador, the capital of Brazil's northeastern state of Bahia, is known for its Portuguese colonial architecture, Afro-Brazilian culture and a tropical coastline. The Pelourinho neighborhood is its historic heart, with cobblestone alleys opening onto large squares, colorful buildings and baroque churches such as São Francisco, featuring gilt woodwork.
Peru's ‘fast and furious' blueberry boom
... Mr Gereda has since partnered with the University of Georgia in the US to start a breeding programme that has developed new Peruvian varieties, all named after his family - Salvador (his son), Matias (his nephew), Abril (his niece), and Blue Dan (after his wife, Daniela)...
Charles Bronson: Public parole hearing begins
... The prisoner - who now uses the last name Salvador - is being held at a specialist close supervision centre at Woodhill Prison in Buckinghamshire...
Portugal, finally, Consul detects saved thousands from the Holocaust
... Among those who escaped occupied France were thanks to his Visa surrealist artist Salvador Dalí, filmmaker King Vidor, members of the Rothschild banking family and the majority of the Belgian s future government-in-exile...
US slashes refugee limit to all-time low of 18,000
... As well as Iraqis who have worked with the US military, 5,000 places will be reserved for persecuted religious minorities and 1,500 for asylum seekers from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador - the so-called Northern Triangle countries where many migrants arriving at the southern border come from...
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