| Coordinates | 17.732°S 39.266°W |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| State | Bahia |
| Unit pref | Metric |
| Area total | 2377.889 km² |
| Elevation | 10 m |
| Population as of | 2020[1] |
| Population total | 22,093 |
| Time zone | BRT (UTC−3) |
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.[2] Caravelas is the nearest town to the uninhabited Abrolhos Archipelago.[3] The city contains part of the Cassurubá Extractive Reserve, a 100,768-hectare (249,000-acre) 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
- ^ IBGE 2020
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- ^ O Arquipélago dos Abrolhos Archived 2011-09-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "RESEX do Cassurubá" (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Ambiental, retrieved 2016-06-22