Caravelas
Municipality
Flag of Caravelas
Flag
Coat of arms of Caravelas
Coat of arms
Location in Bahia
Location in Bahia
Caravelas is located in Brazil
Caravelas
Caravelas
Location of Caravelas in Brazil
Coordinates: 17°43′55″S 39°15′58″W / 17.732°S 39.266°W / -17.732; -39.266
Country Brazil
State Bahia
Area
 • Total2,377.889 km2 (918.108 sq mi)
Elevation
10 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2020[1])
 • Total22,093
 • Density9.3/km2 (24/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)

Caravelas is a city of about 20,000 inhabitants in southern Bahia, Brazil, a few miles above the mouth of the Caravelas River.

Caravelas was founded in 1581 by Portuguese settlers. It was once the centre of a flourishing whale fishery. It is the port of the Bahia & Minas railway pt.[2] Caravelas is the nearest town to the uninhabited Abrolhos Archipelago.[3] The city contains part of the Cassurubá Extractive Reserve, a 100,768 hectares (249,000 acres) sustainable use conservation unit that protects an area of mangroves, river and sea where shellfish are harvested.[4]

The city is served by Caravelas Airport.

See also

References

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Caravellas". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 303.
  3. ^ O Arquipélago dos Abrolhos Archived 2011-09-10 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ RESEX do Cassurubá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Ambiental, retrieved 2016-06-22


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