Governorate General of Bahia

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Governorate General of Bahia

Governo-Geral da Bahia

1572–1578
1607–1613

Flag

Coat of arms

Brazil in 1572

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

Preceded by | Succeeded by

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|  | Governorate General of Brazil

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| Governorate General of Brazil |

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The Governorate General of Bahia (Portuguese: Governo-Geral da Bahia) was a colonial administration of the Portuguese Empire.

## History

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In 1534, John III of Portugal started granting land rights to colonize Portuguese territory in South America, they were the Captaincy Colonies of Brazil. These fifteen autonomous and separate colonies were, for the most part, a failure administratively, and thus economically.

In 1549, in order to solve the governance problem of his South American colonies, John III established the Governorate General of Brazil.[1] The governorate united the fifteen colonies into a single colony, but each captaincy would continue to exist as a provincial administrative unit of the governorate.

In 1572, in order to establish a stronger and more capable military presence in the continent, the governorate was dismantled into two separate colonies, the Governorate General of Bahia, which encompassed the northern part, and the Governorate General of Rio de Janeiro, which took the south.

In 1578, the governorate was reestablished from the governorates of Bahia and Rio de Janeiro. This second Governorate General of Brazil would be once again partitioned into the two separate colonies, in 1607.

Finally in 1613, the Governorate General of Rio de Janeiro and the Governorate General of Bahia merged to form the third, and final, Governorate General of Brazil.

## References

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1. ^ Governo Geral

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15th century

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1879–1974|  Portuguese Guinea

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1885–1974|  Portuguese Congo5

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1750

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1518–1521|  Maldives

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18th century
Portuguese India

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* 1 1975 is the year of East Timor's Declaration of Independence and subsequent invasion by Indonesia. In 2002, East Timor's independence was fully recognized.

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1822|  Upper Peru (Bolivia)

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