Place:Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil

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NamePorto Seguro
Alt namesPôrto Segurosource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeCity
Coordinates16.417°S 39.117°W
Located inBahia, Brazil
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Porto Seguro (Safe Harbor in English), is a city located in the far south of Bahia, Brazil. The city has an estimated population of 150,658 (2020), covers , and has a population density of 52.7 residents per square kilometer. The area that includes Porto Seguro and neighbouring Santa Cruz Cabrália and Eunápolis holds a distinctive place in Brazilian history: in 1500 it was the first landing point of Portuguese navigators, principally Pedro Álvares Cabral.[1] The crime rate is considered high, as is the case in the rest of Bahia.

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