Itapagipe Peninsula

Itapagipe Peninsula
Península de Itapagipe
Praia da Ribeira, bairro da Ribeira.
Location	Northeast Region, Brazil,  Brazil
Coordinates	12°55′S 38°30′W / 12.917°S 38.500°W / -12.917; -38.500Coordinates: 12°55′S 38°30′W / 12.917°S 38.500°W / -12.917; -38.500
Offshore water bodies	Atlantic Ocean, Baía de Todos os Santos

The Itapagipe Peninsula is a peninsula located in the city of Salvador, capital of the Brazilian state of Bahia. The peninsula comprises Administrative Region III, including the neighborhoods of Alagados, Boa Viagem beach, Bonfim, Monte Serrat, Ribeira, Uruguai, Mares, Roma, Caminho de Areia, Vila Ruy Barbosa, and Massaranduba, among others.

Etymology

The name "Itapagipe" comes from the Tupi language and means "place of the stone in the river" (ita, stone + paba, place + 'y, river + pe, in).^[1]

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