Guanambi

Guanambi lies in the dry interior of southwestern Bahia, in country once included in the extensive lands of the Casa da Ponte. Portuguese settlers began establishing themselves in the area around 1742, developing agriculture and cattle raising. The estates of this inland region grew long before the settlement that would later bear the name Guanambi. Farms and grazing lands formed part of the expansion of colonial occupation away from the Atlantic coast.