Caravelas Municipality
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.Caravelas Municipality
- …has 22,100 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 30 metres (98 feet)
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Latitude
-17.6584° or 17° 39′ 30″ south
Longitude
-39.3599° or 39° 21′ 36″ west
Open location code
59J28JRR+J2
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In Other Languages
“Caravelas Municipality” goes by many names.
- Portuguese: “Caravelas”
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