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Map of Porto Seguro

Beachhouse of Trancoso

Beach

Porto Seguro is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Bahia. It is the site where the Portuguese explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral first set foot on Brazilian soil on April 22, 1500. It was the busiest port of the developing Portuguese colonies from 1500 into the early 1800s and is now a major tourist destination. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Beach in Trancoso Trancoso is a small town in the municipality of Porto Seguro in the state of Bahia, Brazil. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1090x806, 313 KB) Summary Trancoso - Porto Seguro - BRAZIL by Michel Y.G. Meunier Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Porto Seguro Trancoso, Brazil Metadata This file... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1090x806, 313 KB) Summary Trancoso - Porto Seguro - BRAZIL by Michel Y.G. Meunier Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Porto Seguro Trancoso, Brazil Metadata This file... A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly referring to a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them. ... Flag of Bahia See other Brazilian States Capital Salvador Largest City Salvador Area 564 273 km² Population   - Total   - Density 13 070 250 23. ... Pedro Álvares Cabral. ...

• Estimated population (2005): 133,976
• Municipal area: 2,409.6 km²
• Elevation: 49 meters
• Founded: 1534
• Postal code: 45810-000

Location

Porto Seguro is located on the Atlantic coast at a midway point between Salvador and Vitória. It is 707 km. south of Salvador and 613 km. north of Vitória. It is 62 km. east of the connection with the important BR-101 highway at Eunápolis. Nickname: Motto: Sic illa ad arcam reversa est, portuguese E Assim a Pomba Voltou à Arca Location of Salvador Coordinates: , Region Nordeste State Bahia Founded 29 March 1549 Government  - Mayor João Henrique Area  - City 313 km²  (120. ... For other uses, see Vitoria (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Vitoria (disambiguation). ...

Airport

An international airport was completed in 1993, and today Porto Seguro is an international tourist destination known for its busy nightlife, culture, history, ecological attractions and a good infrastructure to attend the demand for businesses and events. International chain hotels, resorts, little inns and hotels from 3 to 5 stars. The airport receives direct flights from Salvador, São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre, Curitiba and Rio de Janeiro. The airlines serving the city are Varig, Tam, Gol, and Ocean Air, besides the charters flights arriving from Europe: Portugal, Amsterdam, Italy and France. The city is far away from the major cities around 40 minutes from Salvador and 1:30 from São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte. Nickname: Motto: Sic illa ad arcam reversa est, portuguese E Assim a Pomba Voltou à Arca Location of Salvador Coordinates: , Region Nordeste State Bahia Founded 29 March 1549 Government  - Mayor João Henrique Area  - City 313 km²  (120. ... Nickname: Motto: Non ducor, duco(Latin) I am not led, I lead Location in the São Paulo state. ... Nickname: Location in Brazil Coordinates: , Country Brazil Region Southeast State Minas Gerais Founded 1701 Incorporated (as city) December 12, 1897 Government  - Mayor Fernando da Mata Pimentel (PT) Area  - City 330. ... Nickname: Coordinates: , Country Brazil Region South State Rio Grande do Sul Government  - Mayor José Fogaça (PPS) Area  - City 496. ... Location of Curitiba Country Brazil Region Sul State Paraná Founded 29 March 1693 Incorporated 1842 Government  - Mayor Carlos Alberto Richa (PSDB) Area  - City 430. ... Location of Rio de Janeiro Coordinates: Country Brazil Region Southeast State Rio de Janeiro Government  - Mayor Cesar Maia (PFL) Area  - City 1,260 km²  (486. ...

Tourism

The region is also noted for its many attractive beaches and vestiges of its colonial past. There are still vestiges of the Atlantic Tropical Forest nearby. There are also a number of beach-side dance floors, playing Bahia's popular music, known as "Axe". Axe is an electrifying rhythm similar to samba. Another attraction in the city is the "Passarela do Alcool" (Alcohol Passway) where you will be fought over to try one of the local alcohol-based drinks.

Tourism has expanded fast in recent years and there is highly visible growth in Porto Seguro. What was once a small town of fewer than 10,000 people in the 1970s has become a city of over 100,000 people. One suburb on the southern bank of the Buranhem River, Arraial d'Ajuda, has grown from approximately 900 people in 1990 to 11,411 in 2005.

Economic information

The economy is based on services, tourism, light transformation industries, fishing, government employment, agriculture, and cattle raising.

In 2003 there were 66,513 head of cattle, of which 8,647 were milk cows. The main agricultural products were pineapple, sugarcane, manioc, banana, rubber (19.8 km² in 2003), cacau (6.4 km²), coffee, coconut (19.95 km²), guava, oranges, lemons, papaya (10 km²), passion fruit, and pepper.

View to coast

Trancoso is a small village, 15 miles south of Porto Seguro, with attractive beaches. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 277 pixelsFull resolution (1276 × 442 pixel, file size: 161 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Brazil : Arraial dAjuda (Porto Seguro) By Michel Y. G. Meunier michel350@gmail. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 277 pixelsFull resolution (1276 × 442 pixel, file size: 161 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Brazil : Arraial dAjuda (Porto Seguro) By Michel Y. G. Meunier michel350@gmail. ... Beach in Trancoso http://pt. ...

External sources

• Portonet
• Porto Seguro Hotels
• Voz de Trancoso - Site Ambiental
• Dreamlife Properties

Coordinates: 16°26′38″S, 39°04′08″W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...