Caravelas

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

Contents

• Brasile da porto seguro a caravelas i patax e la danza delle megattere al parco marino abrolhos
• Map of Caravelas State of Bahia Brazil
• Imagens do brasil caravelas e arquip lago de abrolhos bahia ok
• References

Map of Caravelas - State of Bahia, Brazil

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. 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.

The city is served by Caravelas Airport.