States or Territories

Bahia

State

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Bahia." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/bahia.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Bahia. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/bahia

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-bahia,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Bahia},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/bahia},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Bahia is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region of the country. Its capital is Salvador, and its population was recorded at 14,870,907 in 2025 across an area of 565,733 square kilometers.

Facts

Capital

Salvador 1

Population

14,870,907 1

2025 estimate from Bahia's own Wikipedia infobox.

Population Estimate Year

2025 1

Area (sq km)

565,733 1

Latitude

12 degrees south 1

Longitude

41 degrees west 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Brazil

Bahia is a state of Brazil.

Source Bahia (Wikipedia)

Has Capital

Salvador

Salvador is the capital of Bahia.

Source Salvador (Wikipedia)

On Continent

South America

Bahia's own infobox names Brazil as its country (checked live this session); Brazil is on-continent South America (its own live edge, content.EntityRelationship, checked this session), so Bahia is on-continent South America.

Source Bahia (Wikipedia)

Sources

1. Bahia (Wikipedia)

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