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Chapter VI 



STATE OF BAHIA 



Area : 536,110 sq. km. 



Population of State : 2,500,000 inhabitants (1912). 



Capital : Bahia (Sao Salvador), 300,000 inhabitants. 



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STATE 



baAia 



Pailwa ys : Completed 

 Railwa ys: Under Construc ticn 



29° 3° ° .- 



' I I Kilometres 



The State of Bahia, on account of its large area and varieties of 

 climates is able to produce crops of the tropical, sub-tropical and tem- 

 perate zones. 



Bahia has a long sea-coast, is bounded in the north by the States 

 of Sergipe, Alagoas, Pernambuco, Piauhy and in the east by Goyaz. 

 In the south is " Minas " the neighbouring State. 



