Governorate General of Bahia
Governorate General of Bahia Governo-Geral da Bahia | |||||||||
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| 1572–1578 1607–1613 | |||||||||
Brazil in 1574 | |||||||||
| Status | Colonial State of the Portuguese Empire | ||||||||
| Capital | São Salvador (Bahia) | ||||||||
| Common languages | Portuguese | ||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||||||
| Government | Dependent territory under a feudal monarchy | ||||||||
| Monarch | |||||||||
• 1572–1578 | Sebastian I | ||||||||
• 1607–1613 | Philip II | ||||||||
| Governor General | |||||||||
• 1572–1578 | Luís de Brito e Almeida | ||||||||
• 1607–1613 | Lourenço da Veiga | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1572 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1613 | ||||||||
| Currency | Portuguese Real | ||||||||
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The Governorate General of Bahia (Portuguese: Governo-Geral da Bahia) was a colonial administration of the Portuguese Empire.