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The Portuguese Pedro Alvares Cabral landed at what is now Porto Seguro, on
the southern coast of Bahia in 1500, and claimed the territory for Portugal.
In 1549, Portugal established the city of Salvador The city and surrounding
captaincy served as the administrative and religious capital of Portugal's
colonies in the Americas until 1763. The Dutch held control of Bahia from
May 1624 through April 1625.
The state was also the last area of Brazil to
join the independent confederation; it remained loyal to the Portuguese
crown for two years after the rest of the country was granted
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