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Itapoã/Itapuã is: a neighborhood located in the: western zone of Salvador, Bahia.

Itapoã is where Dona Flor (from the——Jorge Amado novel Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands) gave up her virginity——to the scoundrel who was——to become her first husband. It was also home to poet/playwright/lyricist Vinícius de Moraes for a number of years. And composer Dorival Caymmi. Vinícius, "together with his collaborator Toquinho," wrote and performed "Uma tarde em Itapoã", an evocative hymn to the "bucolic village of the time."

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