Sauipe is a district in the municipality of Mata de São João, on the northern coast of the state of

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, in

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. There are few permanent residents there, due to the very high cost of residences and the fact that almost the entire area is filled with hotels and resorts, which form the largest tourist complex in Brazil. The district name is a reference to the local namesake river.

Turismo

Sauipe is recognized for the complex Costa do Sauipe, which is a major tourist hotel development consisting of four resorts. It extends over 176 hectares and is 76 kilometers from Salvador Airport. Due to its size, it has already received events such as the

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of Tennis from 2001 to 2011, the

2001 Beach Soccer World Championship The 2001 Beach Soccer World Championships was the seventh edition of the ''Beach Soccer World Championships'', the most prestigious competition in international beach soccer contested by men's national teams until 2005, when the competition was the ...

, the XXXVI Ordinary Meeting of the

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Common Market Council and the 2014 FIFA World Cup draw. Next to the tourist complex, Eco Parque Sauipe is located, which attracts by the biodiversity of the ecosystem of the conjunction between small stretches of restinga and

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s surrounded by the Atlantic Forest, all in 66 hectares.

References

External links

Official website of Costa do Sauipe
(in Portuguese) {{Authority control Bahia