This article is about the Brazilian city. For other names including "Salvador", see
Salvador,
San Salvador and
São Salvador. Salvador (in full, São Salvador da Baía de Todos os Santos, or in literal translation: "Holy Savior of All Saints' Bay") is a
city on the northeast coast of
Brazil and the capital of the northeastern
Brazilian state of
Bahia. The city was for a long time also known as Bahia, and appears under that name (or as Salvador da Bahia, Salvador of Bahia so as to differentiate it from other Brazilian cities of the same name) on many maps and books from before the mid
20th century. Salvador is the third most populous Brazilian city, after
São Paulo and
Rio de Janeiro, and it is the most populous city in
Northeastern Brazil, being a cultural reference in Brazil for its cuisine, music and architecture. Its metropolitan area is the wealthiest in the northeastern region. 80% of the population of Salvador is of
Black African origin, and African influence in all cultural aspects of the city turns it into the epicenter of negro culture in Brazil. The historical center of the Salvador, frequently called the Pelourinho, is extremely rich in historical monuments dating from the 17th through the 19th centuries and has was declared a
World Heritage Site by
UNESCO in 1985.
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