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{{Short description|Municipality of Bahia, Brazil}}
{{About|the city in Brazil|the city in [[Togo]] formerly known as Porto Seguro|Agbodrafo|the school in [[São Paulo]] known as Porto Seguro|Colégio Visconde de Porto Seguro}}
{{Distinguish|Puerto Seguro}}
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| other_name               = Safe Harbor
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| motto = {{force singular}} Jam ante brasiliam ego ([[Latin language|Latin]])<br /> <small>''Before Brazil, I''</small>
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| map_caption              = Location of Porto Seguro
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| subdivision_name1        = [[Northeast Region, Brazil|Nordeste]]
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| subdivision_name2        = [[Bahia]]
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| established_title        = Founded
| established_date         = 30 June 1534
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| leader_title             = Mayor
| leader_name              = Jânio Natal Andrade Borges [[Liberal Party (Brazil, 2021)|PL]]<ref>[[:pt:Porto Seguro]]</ref>
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| postal_code              = 45810-000
| website                  = {{URL|http://portosegurotur.com/}}
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'''Porto Seguro''' ({{IPA|pt|ˈpoʁtu siˈɡuɾu}}, '''Safe Harbor''' in English), is a city located in the far south of [[Bahia]], [[Brazil]]. The city has an estimated population of 150,658 (2020), covers {{convert|2,287|km2|mi2}}, and has a population density of 52.7 residents per square kilometer. The area that includes Porto Seguro and neighbouring [[Santa Cruz Cabrália]] and [[Eunápolis]] holds a distinctive place in Brazilian history: in 1500 it was the first landing point of Portuguese navigators, principally [[Pedro Álvares Cabral]].<ref name="i"/>

==Geography==
{{climate chart
| Porto Seguro
|22 |30 |88
|22 |30 |96
|22 |29 |118
|21 |28 |169
|20 |27 |159
|19 |26 |151
|18 |26 |176
|19 |27 |101
|20 |28 |131
|21 |28 |148
|22 |29 |143
|21 |29 |130
|float  = right
|clear  = none
|source = ''Weather to Travel''<ref>{{cite web|title=Porto Seguro Climate and Weather Averages, Brazil|url=http://www.weather2travel.com/climate-guides/brazil/porto-seguro.php|publisher=Weather to Travel|access-date=13 July 2013}}</ref> 
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===Climate===

The climate in Porto Seguro is warm, pleasant, and partly cloudy. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 19&nbsp;°C lows (67&nbsp;°F) to 29C highs (84&nbsp;°F) and is rarely below 18&nbsp;°C (65&nbsp;°F) or above 31&nbsp;°C (88&nbsp;°F). The temperature in Porto Seguro varies so little throughout the year that it is not entirely meaningful to discuss hot and cold seasons.

===Subdivisions===
Porto Seguro is divided into five districts
*Porto Seguro (city seat);
*[[Arraial da Ajuda|Arraial d'Ajuda]];
*[[Caraíva]]
*[[Trancoso, Bahia|Trancoso]]
*[[Vale Verde (Bahia)|Vale Verde]]

===Conservation===
The municipality contains the {{convert|1151|ha|adj=on}} [[Pau-Brasil Ecological Station (Bahia)|Pau-Brasil Ecological Station]], a fully protected conservation unit created in 1997 to protect a fragment of [[Atlantic Forest]], and specifically to protect Brazil wood (''Pau Brasil'', [[Caesalpinia echinata]]).<ref>{{citation|language=pt |title=Estação Ecológica do Pau Brasil|work=Ambiente Brasil |date=18 May 2010|url=http://ambientes.ambientebrasil.com.br/unidades_de_conservacao/estacao_ecologica/estacao_ecologica_do_pau_brasil.html|access-date=2016-05-28}}</ref>
It contains the {{convert|894|ha|adj=on}} [[Rio dos Frades Wildlife Refuge]], created in 2007 to protect the mouth of the [[Frades River (Bahia)|Frades River]].<ref>{{citation |title=Elaboração de estudo de socioeconomia e áreas correlatas para atender as necessidades no Refúgio de Vida Silvestre do Rio dos Frades: Produto 2
 |last1=Castro |last2=Bonecker |first1=Márcia Salustiano de |first2=Ana Cristina T. |location=Rio de Janeiro/RJ |date=May 2013
 |url=http://www.icmbio.gov.br/portal/images/stories/Produto_2_versao_final.pdf|access-date=2016-10-23}}</ref>
The municipality also contains part of the [[Corumbau Marine Extractive Reserve]], a protected offshore fishing area of {{convert|89,597|ha}}.<ref>{{citation|ref={{harvid|RESEX Marinha do Corumbau – ISA}}|language=pt |title=RESEX Marinha do Corumbau|publisher=ISA: Instituto Socioambiental |url=https://uc.socioambiental.org/en/uc/590502|access-date=2016-06-06}}</ref>

==Economy==
The city is now considered one of the most important destinations of Brazil, receiving tourists from Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile. The city and surrounding area have some luxury hotels and hundreds of smaller hotels, as well as an airport well connected with the major Brazilian cities. Apart from tourism, other important activities are agriculture (especially cashew and coconut), reforestation with eucalyptus trees, cattle, and trade and services.

The city offers one of the most famous [[Carnival]] parties in Bahia. “Electric Trios” (trucks carrying sound systems and live bands), dancing “blocos” and “cordões” (street dancing groups) drag thousands of tourists along the "Passarela do Álcool" Passageway (the traditional local avenue) and to beach bars.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

==Notable places==
[[File:Trancoso, Porto Seguro, Bahia Brazil.jpg|thumbnail|left|Beach in Porto Seguro]]
[[File:ILHA DE TRINDADE - BA - VITOR B. BARBOSA - FOTO (7).jpg|thumb|left|''[[Johngarthia lagostoma]]'']]
'''Historical Downtown Area'''
The historical site in the Cidade Alta area is a National Heritage Monument put under government trust by federal decree since 1973. It was one of the first towns in Brazil and played an important role during the first years of European colonization. It includes three churches and around 40 buildings (among private residential houses and public institutions), restored by the state government for the 500th anniversary celebration of Brazilian discovery.

'''[[Monte Pascoal National Park]]''' 
Created in 1961 to preserve the place where Brazil was discovered by Portuguese warriors. It includes swamp areas, salt marshes, river marshes, and a coastline around the rocky, high, round hill, considered the first point of land to be seen by the Portuguese traveler Pedro Álvares Cabral’s crew. It extends over an area of {{convert|144.8|km2|mi2}}, including the Pataxó tribe’s indigenous protection land. Besides its historical importance, it also offers protection to one of the last stretches of Atlantic forest in the Northeastern area of Brazil. The area is aimed at preserving valuable woods such as Brazil wood, and still hosts many species of animals threatened by extinction, including the collared sloth and black bear.
[[File:Coqueiros Praia do Espelho.jpg|thumb|Espelho beach]]
'''Recife de Fora Sea Park'''
It was the first city-owned park in Brazil. During low tide, visitors can view a wide range of coral reefs, fish, and many sea species.

'''Glória Hillock'''
These are ruins of what many consider to be the {{ill|São Francisco Church|pt|Igreja de São Francisco de Assis do Outeiro da Glória}}, where Ynaiá, an Indian woman who died for the love of a crewmember of Portuguese navigator Gonçalo Coelho's fleet, was buried. The São Francisco Church is said to be the first one built in Brazil in baroque style, probably in 1504, whose ruins date to 1730.

'''The Nossa Senhora da Penha Matrix Church'''
Located on Pero de Campos Tourinho Square, in Cidade Alta, it was built at the end of the 18th century. It comprises a nave, a main chapel, a sacristy, and a bell tower.

'''Jaqueira Indigenous Protection Reservation''' 
A huge jackfruit tree trunk, tumbled down by nature itself, represents the return to one’s origins and acts as a historical and cultural reference to honor the ancestral fathers and mothers of Pataxó families who recently moved into this {{convert|8.27|km2|mi2}} Indian protection area. Their huts, spread around original Atlantic Forest woods, retain the original formats, giving visitors the impression of being back 500 years in time to pre-Columbian Brazil.

'''The Discovery Outdoors Museum'''
An outdoors, natural museum, whose “art galleries” are its beaches, valleys and natural trails and whose “collection” is a set of geographical formations and traditional villages, disposed as art works in permanent exhibition, engraved in ancient media, which are spread along the {{convert|130|km2|mi2}} length of Bahia’s historical southern coastline.

==Transport==
===Airway===
[[Porto Seguro Airport]] was opened in 1982. Its passenger terminal was very simple and small; this building is now occupied by the Fire Department of the city. In 1997, the airport was reopened, having received a new passenger terminal, new aircraft parking lot, and extension of runway to operate large aircraft. In 2010 the airport had some major renovations preparing the city to host several of the International football teams who had a training camp in Porto Seguro for the [[2014 FIFA World Cup]].

==See also==
*[[List of municipalities in Bahia]]

== References ==

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<ref name="i">{{cite web |url=http://cod.ibge.gov.br/IB0 |title=Bahia, Porto Seguro |language=pt |publisher=Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística ([[Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics]]) | place = Brasília, Brazil |date=2016 |access-date=2016-08-12 }}</ref>

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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
Saiba Tudo Acesse : [http://www.coconutexperience.com.br/porto-seguro-bahia/ Porto Seguro - Bahia]

{{Wikivoyage|Porto Seguro}}

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