Cachoeira
Sign in to saveCachoeira (, Portuguese, meaning 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.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Cachoeira
- Settlement.official_name
- Municipality of Cachoeira
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_caption
- Cachoeira on the Paraguaçu River
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- Bandeira Cachoeira.jpg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Brasao cachoeira bahia.jpg
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- Bahia Municip Cachoeira.svg
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- Location in Bahia
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- Country
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- State
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- Meso-region
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- Metropolitana de Salvador
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- Micro-Region
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- Santo Antônio de Jesus
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1531
- Settlement.established_title1
- Settled
- Settlement.established_date1
- 13 March 1837
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Wikidata facts
- Demonym
- cachoeirano
- Population
- 28290
- Area
- 395.223
- Elevation
- 32
- Official website
- cachoeira.ba.gov.br
- Image
- Cachoeira e Rio Paraguaçu.JPG
- Dialing code
- 75
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- Commons category
- Cachoeira, Bahia
- Human Development Index
- 0.647
- postal code
- 44300-000
- electorate
- 21915
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Cachoeira (, Portuguese, meaning 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 Baía do Iguape Marine Extractive Reserve, created in 2000.
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