Mazagão
For other uses, see El Jadida.
For the island in Mumbai, see Mazagaon.
| Mazagão | |
|---|---|
| Municipality | |
| Município de Mazagão | |
 Mazagão in the state of Amapá | |
  Mazagão Mazagão in the state of Amapá | |
| Coordinates: 00°06′54″S 51°17′20″W / 0.11500°S 51.28889°W | |
| Country |
 Brazil |
| Region | North |
| State |
 Amapá |
| Area | |
| • Land | 13,131 km2 (5,070 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 17,032 |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (UTC-3) |
Mazagão (Portuguese: Município de Mazagão) is a municipality located in the south of the state of Amapá in Brazil. Its population is 17,030 and its area is 13,131 square kilometres (5,070 sq mi).[1]
The city was named after the Portuguese colony Mazagão in North Africa, now El Jadida, which the Portuguese abandoned in 1769 after some 250 years of occupation. Many of its inhabitants were evacuated to Brazil, where they founded a new settlement Nova Mazagão (0°12′59″S 51°25′55.6″W / 0.21639°S 51.432111°W), now known as Mazagão Velho.[2]
References
- ↑ "Mazagão" (in Portuguese). Macapá, Amapá, Brazil: Governo do Estado do Amapá. 2011. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
- ↑ "Arqueologia de Mazagâo Velho". Site of the Department of Archaeology of the Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil. Retrieved 2013-02-20. (in Portuguese; the coordinates are under the image of the map of Brazil on the page; to see them pass your cursor over the image)
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