This region of big beaches and dunes directed facing north from Touros, spreads out on a strip of about 100 km from east to west, from the beach of Perobas to Galinhos.
The demographic density is smaller because of a weak economic activity, its dry climate, mainly in the Western part.
The Eastern side where is situated the city of Touros is the corner of South American continent. The rest of the region has some fishermen's villages, which the most known are São Miguel do Gostoso and Galinhos.
