CACHOEIRA, an inland commercial centre of the State of Bahia, Brazil. It lies on the Paraguassu river, about 4o m. from its mouth at the head of the Bahia (or Bay) Todos os Santos, from which the town and State of Bahia take their name. Cachoeira has a population (192o) of about 9,000. The products of the countryside are rice, cereals and tobacco. The town has a meat-preserving plant, cotton and cigar factories and potteries. It is reached by steamer from Bahia, about 48 m. distant. It is the terminus of a short railway (28 m.) north to Feira de Santa Ana, and from Sao Felix, opposite Cachoeira across the Para guassu river, another railway runs westward to Machado Portella, 161m., both lines being portions of the Bahia Central railway system.