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| coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = CountryBrazil}}| subdivision_type1 = StateBahia}}| subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | established_date = | founder = | unit_pref = Metric| area_total_km2 = 2377.889| elevation_m = 10| population_as_of = 2020IBGE 2020| population_footnotes = | population_total = 22,093| population_density_km2 = autoTime in Brazil>BRT| utc_offset1 = −3| timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = | iso_code = }}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:Estrada de Ferro Bahia e Minas|pt).{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Caravellas|volume=5|page=303}} Caravelas is the nearest town to the uninhabited Abrolhos Archipelago.O Arquipélago dos Abrolhos {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910052939weblink |date=2011-09-10 }} 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.{{citation|ref={{harvid|RESEX do Cassurubá – ISA}}|language=pt The city is served by Caravelas Airport.

See also

• Abrolhos Marine National Park

References

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