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Шаблон:Infobox settlement 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.[1] Caravelas is the nearest town to the uninhabited Abrolhos Archipelago.[2] The city contains part of the Cassurubá Extractive Reserve, a Шаблон:Convert sustainable use conservation unit that protects an area of mangroves, river and sea where shellfish are harvested.[3]

The city is served by Caravelas Airport.

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