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{{Short description|Municipality of Bahia, Brazil}}

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| area_total_km2          = 2377.889
| elevation_m             = 10
| population_as_of        = 2020<ref>[https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/ba/caravelas/panorama IBGE 2020]</ref>
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'''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 people|Portuguese]] settlers. It was once the centre of a flourishing whale fishery. It is the port of the Bahia & Minas railway [[:pt:Estrada de Ferro Bahia e Minas|pt]].<ref>{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Caravellas|volume=5|page=303}}</ref> Caravelas is the nearest town to the uninhabited [[Abrolhos Archipelago]].<ref>[http://www.abrolhos.com.br/abrolhos/parque.htm O Arquipélago dos Abrolhos] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910052939/http://www.abrolhos.com.br/abrolhos/parque.htm |date=2011-09-10 }}</ref> 
The city contains part of the [[Cassurubá Extractive Reserve]], a {{convert|100768|ha}} sustainable use conservation unit that protects an area of mangroves, river and sea where shellfish are harvested.<ref>{{citation|ref={{harvid|RESEX do Cassurubá – ISA}}|language=pt
 |title=RESEX do Cassurubá|publisher=ISA: Instituto Ambiental
 |url=https://uc.socioambiental.org/uc/584708|access-date=2016-06-22}}</ref>

The city is served by [[Caravelas Airport]].

==See also==
* [[Abrolhos Marine National Park]]

==References==
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{{Municipalities of Bahia}}
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[[Category:Populated coastal places in Bahia]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1503]]
[[Category:Municipalities in Bahia]]


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