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    Cachoeira (Portuguese, meaning waterfall) is an inland municipality of Bahia, Brazil, on the Paraguaçu River. The town exports sugar, cotton, and tobacco...
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    The Cachoeira da Fumaça ("Smoke Falls", also known as "Glass Falls") is 340 m tall waterfall in Bahia, Brazil. It was believed to be the country's highest...
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    (Portuguese: Igreja do Antigo Seminário de Belém de Cachoeira)) is a church and former school in Cachoeira, Bahia, Brazil. The seminary was founded in 1686 by...
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    attraction is the Cachoeira da Fumaça ("Waterfall"), which falls 420 m (1,380 ft); the Gruta dos Brejões, the largest cavern opening of Bahia; and the Poço...
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    17th-century Roman Catholic church located in Cachoeira, Bahia, Brazil. It is the first church built in Cachoeira as part of the Adorno family sugar plantation...
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    The Cachoeira River is a river of Bahia state in eastern Brazil. List of rivers of Bahia Brazilian Ministry of Transport v t e...
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    of Cachoeira (Portuguese: Paço Municipal, formerly the Portuguese: Casa de Câmara e Cadeia) is an 18th-century municipal building in Cachoeira, Bahia, Brazil...
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    from Cachoeira besieged them for a year until finally receiving Portugal's surrender of the town on 2 July 1823, which is now celebrated as Bahia Independence...
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  • several rivers named Cachoeira River in Brazil: Cachoeira Grande River, Bahia Cachoeira River (Bahia) Cachoeira River (Paraná) Cachoeira River (Potinga River...
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  • Cachoeira (Portuguese meaning waterfall) may refer to several places in Brazil: populated places: Cachoeira, a city in Bahia state Cachoeira Alta, Goiás...
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    House at Praça Dr. Aristides Milton 23-A (category Buildings and structures in Bahia)
    Casa à Praça Dr. Aristides Milton 23-A) is a single-family home in Cachoeira, Bahia, Brazil. It was constructed in the early 19th century, and was once...
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    Nossa Senhora do Carmo) is an 18th-century Roman Catholic church in Cachoeira, Bahia, Brazil. It was constructed between 1688 and likely completed in 1773...
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    Terreiro Loba Nekun Filho (category State heritage sites of Bahia)
    Terreiro Lobanekum Filho, or Casa de Mae Lira, is a Candomblé terreiro in Cachoeira, Bahia, Brazil. It was founded by Amazilia Matias da Conceição (1906-1997)...
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    Engenho Vitória (category National heritage sites of Bahia)
    located on the banks of the Paraguaçu River in the countryside of Cachoeira, Bahia, Brazil. The year 1812 marks the beginning of the construction of Engenho...
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    Parish Church of Santiago do Iguape (category Roman Catholic churches in Bahia)
    Santiago do Iguape) is a Roman Catholic church in the Iguape district of Cachoeira, Bahia, Brazil. Its construction began in the 16th century by the Jesuits...
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    Terreiro Zogbodo Male Bogun Seja Unde (category National heritage sites of Bahia)
    known as Terreiro Roça do Ventura, is a Candomblé terreiro (temple) in Cachoeira, Bahia, Brazil. It was founded in 1858, and is the first terreiro founded...
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  • Lady of Mount Carmel, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil Church and Convent of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Cachoeira), Cachoeira, Bahia, Brazil Carmo Convent, Lisbon...
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    House at No. 4 Rua Ana Nery (category Buildings and structures in Bahia)
    Casa à Rua Ana Nery, 4, or Sobrado à Rua Ana Nery, 4) is a house in Cachoeira, Bahia, Brazil. Its date of construction is unknown but is likely between...
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    Sobrado at No. 2 Rua Ana Nery (category Buildings and structures in Bahia)
    Nº 2 is a Portuguese-colonial era sobrado, or urban manor house, in Cachoeira, Bahia, Brazil. It was constructed in the early 18th century by a wealthy...
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    Os Tincoãs (category Culture in Bahia)
    Os Tincoãs were a Brazilian popular music band from Bahia, primarily active in the 1960s and 1970s. They are named after the Tincoã bird, a subspecies...
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    Amazonas to Bahia) and the south (from Espírito Santo to Rio Grande do Sul). Thus, the northern population, that is, those who lived from Bahia to Amazonas...
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    São João de Deus Hospital (category Bahia)
    São João de Deus Hospital is a building located in Cachoeira, a town in the Brazilian state of Bahia. It gives its name to the architectural ensemble that...
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    Parish Church of Our Lady of the Rosary (category Roman Catholic churches in Bahia)
    Nossa Senhora do Rosário) is a 17th-century Roman Catholic church in Cachoeira, Bahia, Brazil. Its construction began in the late 17th century and was completed...
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    located 110 km (68 mi) from the state capital of Bahia, Salvador. São Félix directly faces Cachoeira across the Paraguaçu River; it also borders Muritiba...
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    House at No. 17 Rua Benjamin Constant (category Buildings and structures in Bahia)
    Indústria, Comércio e Turismo (Bahia, Brazil) (1997). IPAC-BA: inventário de proteção do acervo cultural. Vol. 3 (3 ed.). Cachoeira, Brazil: Secretaria da Indústria...
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    Garden of Hospital São João de Deus (category National heritage sites of Bahia)
    (Portuguese: Jardim do Hospital São João de Deus) is an abandoned garden in Cachoeira, Bahia, Brazil. It is part of the São João de Deus Hospital architectural...
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  • Aguascalientes Mexico 1673 Worcester Massachusetts United States 1674 Cachoeira Bahia Brazil 1674 Waterbury Connecticut United States 1676 Laguna Santa Catarina...
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    Portuguese, with settlements primarily along the Subaé River. It, along with Cachoeira and Nazaré, became early regional urban and economic centers of the Recôncavo...
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  • The Cachoeira Grande River is a river of Bahia state in eastern Brazil. List of rivers of Bahia Brazilian Ministry of Transport 13°45′S 39°08′W / 13...
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    Paulo Afonso Falls (Portuguese: Cachoeira de Paulo Afonso) is a series of waterfalls on the São Francisco River in the north-east of Brazil adjacent to...
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