Ilh�us

City, southeastern Bahia estado (�state�), northeastern Brazil. It is situated just east of Itabuna near the mouth of the Cachoeira River on Ilh�us Bay, an inlet of the Atlantic. An old Portuguese colonial settlement that was originally named S�o Jorge dos Ilh�os (1532), it was given city status in 1881. Most of Brazil's cacao is grown in the locality, and Ilh�us is consequently one of