Oceanic Avenue

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Oceanic Avenue (Avenida Oceânica in Portuguese) is an important road in the city of Salvador, Bahia that starts at the Farol da Barra, Barra (Neighborhood), and ends at Paciência Beach, the end of Ondina (Neighborhood).

Salvador, Bahia Municipality in Northeast, Brazil

Salvador, also known as São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos is the capital of the Brazilian state of Bahia. With 2.9 million people (2017), it is the largest city proper in the Northeast Region and the 4th largest city proper in the country, after São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasília.

Oceanic Avenue is the southernmost avenue in Salvador, and for most of its course it runs parallel to the Beach.

Beach Area of loose particles at the edge of the sea or other body of water

A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles. The particles composing a beach are typically made from rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles. The particles can also be biological in origin, such as mollusc shells or coralline algae.

Since the 1980s, the avenue has been identified as one of the main tourist centers in the city, with many hotels, hostels, restaurants, night clubs, shoppings, and beaches. Oceanic Avenue shelters the Carnival of Salvador. [1]

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