Palmeiras is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. Palmeiras is an important tourist site in the Chapada Diamanti…Palmeiras is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. Palmeiras is an important tourist site in the Chapada Diamantina region. It is the site of the Vale do Capão or Caete-Açu, the Cachoeira da Fumaça and the Morro do Pai Inácio, among other landscape features.