Paleomagnetic results from unmetamorphosed Mesoproterozoic mafic dikes of Salvador, northern Sao Francisco craton, yield either an easterly direction with high upward inclination (Dm=110.8 o , Im=-79.3 o , α 9 5 =8.4 o , N=8, paleopole at 122.7 o E, 6.4 o N), or a westerly direction with high downward inclination (Dm=290.7 o , Im=64.7 o , α 9 5 =7.5 o , N=7, paleopole at 282.6 o E, 5.6 o N). Additional paleomagnetic analyses on country rocks (granulites and amphibolitic dikes) yield paleomagnetic poles similar to those obtained in other metamorphic rocks from the Sao Francisco craton affected by the Transamazonian orogeny (2200-1900Ma). Positive baked contact tests in two dikes, together with rock magnetic studies, supported by petrographic and radiometric analyses, indicate that the remanent directions isolated for the unmetamorphosed dikes are primary TRM's. 4 0 Ar/ 3 9 Ar step-heating analyses on biotite from a granulite sampled ~90cm away from the dike's contact yield an integrated age of 1021+/-8Ma, whereas the plagioclase from the dike itself yields an integrated age of 1003+/-33Ma, interpreted to be the time of the emplacement. Our data in conjunction with the available late Mesoproterozoic poles from the Sao Francisco craton allow to best constrain its APW path between 1080 and 1010Ma.