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Caravelas
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<p>Caravelas is a city of about 20,000 inhabitants in southern <a href="/facts/Bahia/IaWUS9dW">Bahia</a>, <a href="/facts/Brazil/QHkG46GL">Brazil</a>, a few miles above the mouth of the <a href="/facts/Caravelas_River/jlurFkUQ">Caravelas River</a>. </p><p>Caravelas was founded in 1581 by <a href="/facts/Portuguese_people/1nLGh91a">Portuguese</a> settlers. It was once the centre of a flourishing whale fishery. It is the port of the Bahia & Minas railway pt. Caravelas is the nearest town to the uninhabited <a href="/facts/Abrolhos_Archipelago/3lg1LFtc">Abrolhos Archipelago</a>. The city contains part of the <a href="/facts/Cassurub%C3%A1_Extractive_Reserve/RUbkWRqs">Cassurubá Extractive Reserve</a>, a 100,768 hectares (249,000 acres) sustainable use conservation unit that protects an area of mangroves, river and sea where shellfish are harvested. </p><p>The city is served by <a href="/facts/Caravelas_Airport/rYx5ERaD">Caravelas Airport</a>. </p>