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.

Rua Fernandes Viêira and Avenida Afrânio Peixoto roughly form a boundary between the peninsula and the city of Salvador.

The historic center of Salvador, which sits a high bluff, was subject to frequent landslides throughout the colonial period.

Marcos de Noronha, Viceroy of Brazil from 1806 to 1808, transferred the administration of Salvador to the peninsula, and called on the architects João Silva Muniz and José da Costa e Silva, both of Rio de Janeiro, to oversee the project.

[1][2][3] The Itapagipe Peninsula, due to its early settlement by the Portuguese, is home to a designated historic district and numerous protected structures by federal, state, and municipal authorities.