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.: Dendê Coast:
Dendê Coast is located at the south of Bahia State and it tourist pole is Morro de São Paulo, at Tinharé Island. This coast has 115 km of coast full of beaches, bays, reefs, rivers, cascades, fens and souvenirs of colonial history.

Dendê Coast has grown a lot and many routes had been built to connect it to Salvador City but also making the access to this paradise such a little hard.


.: What is Dendê?
Dênde is the seed from dendezeiro palm tree; its scientific name is "Elaeis Guineensis" This palm grows in tropical regions, with hot and humid climate, and was brought to Bahia from Africa on XVIIth Century, jointly with the slaves. The fruit of this palm produces a vegetal oil very well known because of being one of the main ingredients of Bahia's traditional cooking, used to make plates such as "acarajé", and many kinds of "moqueca" with shellfish, fishes, vatapá or caruru. This is a big palm that lasts many years. When adult, dendê offers perfect covering to the ground, and is able to be considered a system of acceptable ecological stability and low negative impacts to environment. Its average production life is 25 years and its farming generates permanent and well qualified jobs.