Caravelas
| Caravelas | |
|---|---|
| Municipality | |
 Location in Bahia | |
  Caravelas Location of Caravelas in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 17°43′55″S 39°15′58″W / 17.732°S 39.266°WCoordinates: 17°43′55″S 39°15′58″W / 17.732°S 39.266°W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| State | Bahia |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,396.608 km2 (925.336 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 21,437 |
| • Density | 8.9/km2 (23/sq mi) |
Caravelas is a fishing village 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. Caravelas is the nearest town to the uninhabited Abrolhos Archipelago.[1] The municipality 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.[2]
The city is served by Caravelas Airport.
See also
References
- ↑ O Arquipélago dos Abrolhos
- ↑ RESEX do Cassurubá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Ambiental, retrieved 2016-06-22
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Caravellas". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
