Country Brazil State Bahia | Region Nordeste Time zone UTC -3 | |
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Terra Nova (Bahia) is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. It is located at a latitude 12 ° 23'30 "South and longitude 38 ° 37'30 "west. It has a population of 13,202 (2004 estimate).
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Map of Terra Nova - State of Bahia, Brazil
History
In 1819, a fair was instituted, to take place every Thursday, by the owner of the Engenho de Aramaré Luis Paulino d'Oliveira Pinto da França. After this a town must have grown around the fair grounds, and on land given by the family of Arthur Pacheco Pereira, a champion of the town's emancipation.
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Terra Nova, Bahia Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA