Salvador
Salvador is the capital of the state of Bahia, Brazil. With a charming Old Town, a vibrant musical scene and popular Carnaval celebrations, it is considered one of the birthplaces of Brazilian culture.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Caioviniciuscosta, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Elevador Lacerda
Photo: fernando dallacqua, CC BY 2.0.
The Lacerda Elevator is a public urban elevator located in Salvador, Brazil, connecting the lower city to the upper city.
Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia
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The Historic Center or Centre of Salvador de Bahia in Brazil, also known as the Pelourinho or Pelo, is a historic neighborhood in western Salvador, Bahia.
São Marcelo Fort
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São Marcelo Fort, also known as Forte de Nossa Senhora do Pópulo e São Marcelo or Forte do Mar, is located in Salvador in Bahia, Brazil.
Localities in the Area
Graça
Photo: Sailko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Graça is a neighborhood located in the southern zone of Salvador, Bahia.
Salvador
- Type: City with 2,420,000 residents
- Description: municipality and capital city of Bahia State, Brazil
- Categories: municipality of Brazil, metropolitan region and locality
- Location: Grande Salvador, Bahia, Northeast, Brazil, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-12.9705° or 12° 58' 14" southLongitude
-38.5117° or 38° 30' 42" westPopulation
2,420,000Elevation
55 metres (180 feet)Open Location Code
59V32FHQ+Q8OpenStreetMap ID
node 34593849OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
6321026Wikidata ID
Q36947Salvador Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Achinese: Salvador
- Afrikaans: Salvador
- Afrikaans: Salvador da Bahia
- Amharic: ሳውቫዶር ዳ ባዒየ
- Arabic: Salvador, Bahia
- Arabic: سالفادو
- Arabic: سالفادور
- Arabic: سلفادور
- Armenian: Բահիա Սալվադոր
- Armenian: Սալվադոր
- Armenian: Սալվատոր Տա Պահիա
- Asturian: Salvador
- Asturian: Salvador de Bahia
- Asturian: São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos
- Aymara: Salvador
- Azerbaijani: Salvador, Baiya
- Basque: Salvador da Bahia
- Basque: Salvador de Bahia
- Belarusian: Салвадор
- Belarusian: Сальвадор
- Belarusian: Сан-Салвадор-да-Баія-ды-Тодус-ус-Сантус
- Bengali: সালভাদোর, বাইয়া
- Bosnian: Salvador
- Breton: Salvador
- Breton: Salvador da Bahia
- Bulgarian: Салвадор
- Burmese: ဆာလ်ဗဒေါမြို့ ၊ ဘာဟီယာ
- Catalan: Salvador
- Catalan: Salvador da Bahia
- Catalan: Salvador de Badia
- Catalan: Salvador de Bahia
- Cebuano: Salvador
- Chechen: Салвадор
- Chinese: Salvador, Bahia
- Chinese: 萨尔瓦多
- Chinese: 薩爾瓦多
- Croatian: Salvador
- Croatian: Salvador da Bahia
- Czech: Salvador
- Danish: Salvador
- Dutch: Bahia
- Dutch: Salvador (stad)
- Dutch: Salvador
- Dutch: Salvador da Bahia
- Dutch: Salvador de Bahia
- Dutch: Salvador de Bahía
- Dutch: Sao Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos
- Dutch: São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos
- English: Bahia
- English: Salvador, Bahia
- English: Salvador Bahia
- English: Salvador da Bahia
- English: São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos
- Erzya: Салвадор
- Esperanto: Salvador
- Esperanto: Salvador de Bahio
- Esperanto: Salvadoro
- Esperanto: Salvadoro de Bahio
- Estonian: Salvador
- Estonian: Salvador da Bahia
- Estonian: São Salvador
- Faroese: Salvador
- Fijian: Salvador
- Finnish: Salvador
- Finnish: Salvador da Bahia
- French: Salvador
- French: Salvador da Bahia
- French: Salvador de Bahia
- French: Salvador do Bahia
- Galician: Salvador, Baía
- Galician: Salvador
- Georgian: სალვადორი
- German: Salvador
- German: Salvador da Bahia
- German: Sao Salvador da Baia de Todos os Santos
- German: São Salvador da Baía de Todos os Santos
- Greek: Σαλβαδόρ
- Guarani: Salvador
- Guarani: Salvador de Bahía
- Gujarati: સાલ્વાડોર
- Hakka Chinese: Salvador, Bahia
- Hausa: Salvador, Bahia
- Hausa: Salvador
- Hawaiian: Salvador
- Hebrew: סלבדור
- Hebrew: סלוודור
- Hebrew: סלוודור דה באהיה
- Hindi: साल्वाडोर, बाहिया
- Hindi: साल्वाडोर
- Hungarian: Salvador da Bahia
- Icelandic: Salvador
- Ido: Salvador
- Indonesian: Salvador
- Interlingua: Salvador
- Interlingue: Salvador de Bahia
- Irish: Salvador
- Italian: Bahía de Todos los Santos
- Italian: Salvador
- Italian: Salvador de Bahia
- Italian: Salvador de Bahía
- Italian: Salvador di Bahia
- Italian: San Salvador di Bahia
- Italian: São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos
- Japanese: サウヴァドール
- Japanese: サルバドル
- Japanese: サルバドール
- Japanese: サルヴァドル
- Japanese: サルヴァドール
- Japanese: サルヴァドール・ダ・バイーア
- Japanese: サルヴァドール・デ・バイア歴史地区
- Japanese: サン・サルバドール・ダ・バイーア・ヂ・トードス・オス・サントス
- Japanese: サン・サルヴァドール・ダ・バイーア・ジ・トードス・オス・サントス
- Kalaallisut: Salvador
- Kannada: ಸಾಒ ಸ್ಯಾಲ್ವಡೋರ್ ದ ಬಹಿಯ ದೆ ಟೊಡೊಸ್ ಓಸ್ ಸ್ಯಾನ್ಟೊಸ್
- Kannada: ಸ್ಯಾಲ್ವಡೋರ್
- Kazakh: Салвадор
- Kirghiz: Салвадор
- Korean: 사우바도르
- Korean: 사우바도르 데 바이아
- Korean: 사우바도르지바이아
- Korean: 사우바도르 지 바이아
- Korean: 살바도르 데 바이아
- Ladino: Salvador de Bahia
- Latin: Sanctus Salvator Bahiae
- Latin: Soteropolis
- Latin: Urbs Sancti Salvatoris in Brasilia
- Latvian: Salvador
- Latvian: Salvadora
- Ligurian: Salvador
- Lithuanian: Salvadoras
- Macedonian: Салвадор
- Maithili: साल्भाडोर दे बाहिया
- Malay: Salvador, Brazil
- Malay: Salvador
- Maltese: Salvador da Bahia
- Maori: Salvador
- Marathi: साल्व्हादोर दा बाईया
- Min Nan Chinese: Salvador
- Mirandese: Salvador
- Mongolian: Салвадор
- Neapolitan: Salvador
- Nepali: साल्भाडोर दे बाहिया
- Nepali: साल्भादोर, बाहिया
- Norwegian: Salvador
- Norwegian Bokmål: Salvador
- Norwegian Bokmål: Sao Salvador da Bahia
- Norwegian Bokmål: São Salvador
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Salvador
- Occitan (post 1500): Salvador
- Ossetian: Салвадор
- Persian: سالوادور
- Persian: سالوادور، باهیا
- Polish: Salvador
- Polish: Salvador da Bahia
- Polish: Sao Salvador da Bahia
- Polish: São Salvador da Bahia
- Portuguese: Cidade da Bahia
- Portuguese: Cidade de Salvador
- Portuguese: Cidade do Salvador
- Portuguese: Município de Salvador
- Portuguese: Município do Salvador
- Portuguese: Roma Negra
- Portuguese: SSA
- Portuguese: Salvador
- Portuguese: Salvador-BA
- Portuguese: Salvador da Bahia
- Portuguese: Salvador da Baía
- Portuguese: São Salvador da Bahia
- Portuguese: São Salvador da Baía
- Portuguese: São Salvador da Baía de Todos os Santos
- Quechua: Salvador
- Romanian: Salvador, Bahia
- Romanian: Salvador
- Romanian: Salvador da Bahia
- Romansh: Salvador
- Romansh: Salvador da Bahia
- Russian: Багиа
- Russian: Баия
- Russian: Салвадор-ди-Баия
- Russian: Салвадор
- Russian: Сальвадор
- Russian: Сан-Салвадор-да-Баия-ди-Тодуш-уш-Сантуш
- Scots: Salvador, Bahia
- Scots: Salvador
- Serbian: Salvador da Bahia
- Serbian: São Salvador da Baía de Todos os Santos
- Serbian: Салвадор
- Serbian: Салвадор де Баија
- Serbo-Croatian: Salvador, Brazil
- Serbo-Croatian: Salvador
- Serbo-Croatian: Salvador da Bahia
- Sicilian: Salvador
- Silesian: Salvador
- Sinhala: සැල්වදෝරය
- Slovak: Salvador
- Slovenian: Salvador
- Spanish: Salvador
- Spanish: Salvador de Bahia
- Spanish: Salvador de Bahía
- Spanish: San Salvador de Bahia
- Spanish: San Salvador de Bahía
- Spanish: Sao Salvador de Bahia
- Spanish: Sao Salvador de Bahía
- Spanish: Soteropolitana
- Spanish: Soteropolitano
- Spanish: São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos
- Swahili: Salvador (Bahia)
- Swahili: Salvador, Bahia
- Swahili: Salvador, Brazil
- Swedish: Salvador, Brasilien
- Swedish: Salvador
- Swedish: Salvador de Bahia
- Tagalog: Salvador
- Tajik: Салвадор
- Tamil: சவ்வாதோர், பாகையா
- Tamil: சவ்வாதோர்
- Tatar: Salvador şähäre
- Tatar: Салвадор
- Telugu: సాల్వడార్
- Tetum: Salvador
- Thai: ซัลวาดอร์
- Turkish: Salvador, Bahia
- Turkish: Salvador
- Turkish: Salvador da Bahia
- Twi: Salvador
- Ukrainian: Салвадор
- Urdu: سلواڈور
- Urdu: سلواڈور، باحیہ
- Urdu: سلواڈور، باہیا
- Uzbek: Salvador
- Venetian: Salvador
- Veps: Salvador
- Vietnamese: Salvador
- Volapük: Salvador
- Waray (Philippines): Salvador
- Welsh: Salvador, Brasil
- Welsh: Salvador
- Welsh: Salvador Bahia
- Welsh: Salvador de Bahia
- Western Armenian: Սալվատոր Տա Պահիա
- Western Panjabi: سلوادور
- Wu Chinese: 萨尔瓦多 (巴西)
- Yoruba: Salvador, Bahia
- Yoruba: Salvador
- Yue Chinese: 薩爾瓦多
- Historic: São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos
- Salvador, Brasî
- 萨尔瓦多(巴西)
Other Places Named Salvador
Localities in the Area
- ComércioSuburb
- PelourinhoQuarter
- Centro HistoricoSuburb
- SaúdeSuburb
- NazaréSuburb
Popular Destinations in Grande Salvador
Escape to a Random Place
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