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Recôncavo

Also known as Recôncavo Baiano

The Recôncavo is the fertile coastal region surrounding the Bay of All Saints in the Brazilian state of Bahia. From the 16th century it was covered with sugar plantations and tobacco farms worked by enslaved Africans, which made it one of the richest parts of colonial Brazil. Towns such as Cachoeira and Santo Amaro keep a strong Afro-Brazilian culture.

Recôncavo
Image: André Koehne · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 2 state histories

Captaincy of BahiaBahia Republic

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Recôncavo. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/reconcavo
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“Recôncavo.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/reconcavo. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Recôncavo.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/reconcavo.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Recôncavo’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/reconcavo (Accessed: ).

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