Bahia
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Summary
Bahia is a federative unit of Brazil[1]. Bahia draws 13,859 Wikipedia views per month (federative unit of brazil category, ranking #3 of 25).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Brazil[3]
- Country: Brazil[4]
- Capital: Salvador[5]
- Official language: Portuguese[6]
- Shares border with: Sergipe[7], Alagoas[8], Pernambuco[9], Piauí[10], Tocantins[11], Goiás[12], Minas Gerais[13], Espírito Santo[14]
- Anthem: Anthem of Bahia[15]
- Main regulatory text: Constituição do Estado da Bahia de 1989[16]
- Named after: Bay of All Saints[17]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Água Fria[18], Amélia Rodrigues[19], Anguera[20], Antônio Cardoso[21], Conceição da Feira[22], Coração de Maria[23], Elísio Medrado[24], Feira de Santana[25], Ipecaetá[26], Ipirá[27], Irará[28], Itatim[29], Ouriçangas[30], Pedrão[31]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Bahia include Esporte Clube Bahia[32], an association football club[33], in Brazil[34], founded in 1931[35], headquartered in Salvador[36]; Bahiano[37], a singer[38], b. 1962[39], of Argentina[40]; Dalbergia nigra[41], a taxon[42]; Bahia[43], a cruiser[44]; French ship Siroco[45], an Amphibious Transport Dock[46], in Brazil[47]; Associação Desportiva Bahia de Feira[48], an association football club[49], in Brazil[50], founded in 1937[51], headquartered in Feira de Santana[52]; LGBT rights in Bahia[53], a LGBT rights by country or territory[54], in Brazil[55]; and Museu Rodin Bahia[56], an art museum[57], in Brazil[58], founded in 2007[59], headquartered in Palacete do Comendador Bernardo Martins Catharino[60].
Why It Matters
Bahia has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] Bahia is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]
Entities named for Bahia include Esporte Clube Bahia[32], an association football club[33], in Brazil[34], founded in 1931[35], headquartered in Salvador[36]; Bahiano[37], a singer[38], b. 1962[39], of Argentina[40]; Dalbergia nigra[41], a taxon[42]; Bahia[43], a cruiser[44]; French ship Siroco[45], an Amphibious Transport Dock[46], in Brazil[47]; and Associação Desportiva Bahia de Feira[48], an association football club[49], in Brazil[50], founded in 1937[51], headquartered in Feira de Santana[52].