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CACHOEIRA

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 924 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CACHOEIRA , an important inland See also:

town of See also:Bahia, See also:Brazil, on the Paraguassfl See also:river, about 48 m. from Sao See also:Salvador, with which it is connected by river-boats. Pop. (189o) of the See also:city, 12,607; of the See also:municipality, 48,352. The Bahia Central railway starts from this point and extends S. of W. to Machado Portella, 161 m., and N. to Feira de See also:Santa See also:Anna, 28 m. Although badly situated on the See also:lower levels of the river (52 ft. above See also:sea-level) and subject to destructive floods, Cachoeira is one of the most thriving commercial and See also:industrial centres in the See also:state. It exports See also:sugar and See also:tobacco and is noted for its See also:cigar and See also:cotton factories.

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