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
- Location: Bahia, Northeast, Brazil, South America
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Latitude
-17.6584° or 17° 39′ 30″ southLongitude
-39.3599° or 39° 21′ 36″ westPopulation
22,100Elevation
30 metres (98 feet)Open location code
59J28JRR+J2GeoNames ID
6320799
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In Other Languages
“Caravelas Municipality” goes by many names.
- Portuguese: “Caravelas”
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