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Starting date: . Ending: . Duration: 6 days. Name in sources: Guerra de Itapuã. Location: Itapuã, in the vecinity of the city of Salvador (Bahia) Country (current): Brazil. Monarchy: Portuguese. Main participants: Indigenous. Number of participants: >500. Main reasons & motivations: Anti-colonial. Leadership: Unknown. Relevance: medium.
Author: Fabricio Lyrio Santos (UFRB).
Santos, Fabricio Lyrio (2022). "Indigenous uprising in Bahia 1555", in J. V. Serrão and M. S. Cunha (coord), Encyclopaedia of Rebellions in the Early Modern Iberian World. https://mappingrebellions.com/revolt/indigenous-uprising-in-bahia-1555/ (accessed on 12 March 2026).