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Mazagão
Mazagão ( pt, MunicÃpio de Mazagão}, ) is a municipality located in the south of the state of Amapá in Brazil. Its population is 22,053 and its area is . Mazagão Velho located in the municipality of Mazagão is known for the Festival of São Tiago which takes place between 16 to 28 July, and re-enacts the war between the Moors and Christians. Overview The city was named after the Portuguese colony Mazagão in North Africa, now El Jadida, in which the Portuguese got kicked in 1769 after some 250 years of occupation. Many of its inhabitants were evacuated to Brazil, where they founded a new settlement ''Nova Mazagão'', now known as ''Mazagão Velho''. A total of 340 families arrived in the city of Belém in 1770 and in 1773 went to Nova Mazagão. One of the main theories on the origin of the name of Mazagaon - one of the original Seven Islands of Bombay and still a historic neighborhood of Mumbai, India - derives this name, too, from the Moroccan city, since both were under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mazagão Velho
Mazagão Velho is a district and town in the Brazilian municipality of Mazagão, in the state of Amapá. The town was founded in 1773 by refugees from the former colony of Mazagão in Morocco. Mazagão Velho is known for the Festival of São Tiago which takes place between 16 to 28 July, and re-enacts the war between the Moors and the Christians. History In 1769, the Portuguese colony of Mazagão in Morocco (nowadays called El Jadida) was abandoned. A total of 2,092 inhabitants of the colony were resettled, and 1,855 were sent to Belém, Brazil where they arrived in 1770. In 1773, the town of Mazagão Velho was founded in the interior of Amapá to house the refugees. By 1777, only 343 had remained in Belém. The economy of the town was centred around rice and cotton production using Amerindian slave labour. The settlement did not prosper. The isolation in the middle of the Amazon rainforest, epidemics, and failed rice harvests led to a large part of the population leaving the to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Jadida
El Jadida (, ; originally known in Berber as Maziɣen or Mazighen; known in Portuguese as Mazagão) is a major port city on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, located 96 km south of the city of Casablanca, in the province of El Jadida and the region of Casablanca-Settat. It has a population of 170,956 as of 2022. The fortified city, built by the Portuguese at the beginning of the 16th century and named Mazagan (Mazagão in Portuguese), was taken by the Moroccans in 1769. El Jadida's old city sea walls are one of the Seven Wonders of Portuguese Origin in the World. The ''Portuguese Fortified City of Mazagan'' was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004, on the basis of its status as an "outstanding example of the interchange of influences between European and Moroccan cultures" and as an "early example of the realisation of the Renaissance ideals integrated with Portuguese construction technology". According to UNESCO, the most important buildings from the Portuguese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carvão
Carvão is a district in the Brazilian municipality of Mazagão, in the state of Amapá. It is located along the . Overview Carvão was founded in 1914 as a coal miners community. It developed into an agricultural community, however the public sector and wage labour have become the backbone of the economy in the 21st century, and agriculture has become limited to subsistence farming. The village is connected to the AP-010 road which provides access to Santana and Macapá Macapá () is a city in Brazil with a population of 512,902 (2020 estimation). It is the capital of Amapá state in the country's North Region. It is located on the northern channel of the Amazon River near its mouth on the Atlantic Ocean. The c .... The village has a school, and has received access to clean drinking water. In 1995, Carvão became a district of Mazagão. References Populated places in Amapá Populated places established in 1914 {{AmapáBR-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amapá
Amapá () is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is in the northern region of Brazil. It is the second least populous state and the eighteenth largest by area. Located in the far northern part of the country, Amapá is bordered clockwise by French Guiana to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Pará to the south and west, and Suriname to the northwest. The capital and largest city is Macapá. The state has 0.4% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for only 0.22% of the Brazilian GDP. In the colonial period the region was called Portuguese Guiana and was part of Portuguese Empire, Portugal's State of Brazil. Later, the region was distinguished from the other The Guianas, Guianas. Amapá was once part of Pará, but became a separate territory in 1943, and a state in 1990. The dominant feature of the region, and 90 percent of its total area, is the Amazon Rainforest. Unexplored forests occupy 70 percent of Amapá, and Tumucumaque Mountains National Park, establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio Cajari Extractive Reserve
The Rio Cajari Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista do Rio Cajari) is an extractive reserve in the state of Amapá, Brazil. It protects a region of dense rainforest, ''cerrado'' fields and flooded riparian zones that is rich in biodiversity. Formerly it was used for rubber extraction, and later efforts were made to develop a pulp industry. Extraction of timber for sale is now prohibited. The residents, who are poorly educated and suffer poor health, engage in subsistence hunting, fishing and farming, and extract forest products such as Brazil nuts, açaà palm fruit and heart of palm. Location The Rio Cajari Extractive Reserve is divided between the municipalities of Mazagão (44.44%), Vitória do Jari (16.88%) and Laranjal do Jari (38.67%) in Amapá. It has an area of . The Cajari River, which gives its name to the reserve, drains the center of the reserve. The Amazon River forms the southeast boundary of the reserve, and the Ajuruxi River defines the northeastern boun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santana, Amapá
Santana () is a municipality located in the southeast of the state of Amapá in Brazil. Its population is 123,096 and its area is , which makes it the smallest municipality of Amapá. Santana is a suburb of Macapá, the state capital, and the two cities make up the Metropolitan Area of Macapá. Its location is nearly on the equator. The planet's second longest river, the Amazon is to the south. Santana was historically a part of Macapá. In 1981 it was elevated to the category of a District of Macapá. It became a separate municipality in the state of Amapá on 1 January 1982. History The history of Santana began in 1753 when Ilha de Santana, an island in the Amazon River in front of the city of Santana, became an official settlement. The settlement on the coast started to develop in the 1950s when manganese was discovered in Serra do Navio. Santana has developed into the main harbour and industrial centre for the state, and has become the second most populous city. In 1990, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amapá State Forest
The Amapá State Forest ( pt, Floresta Estadual do Amapá) is a state forest in the state of Amapá, Brazil. Location The Amapá State Forest is divided between the municipalities of Tartarugalzinho (7.64%), Pracuúba (4.52%), Porto Grande (7.72%), Oiapoque (24.15%), Mazagão (8.56%), Ferreira Gomes (3.64%), Calçoene (23.23%), Pedra Branca do Amaparà (6.39%), Amapá (6.32%) and Serra do Navio (7.83%). To the west it adjoins the Tumucumaque Mountains National Park and the Amapá National Forest. In the north east it adjoins the Cabo Orange National Park. It has an area of . It covers 16.5% of the state, bringing protected parts of Amapá to 63.5% of the territory. It is part of the Amapá Ecological Corridor. History The forest originated in a 2004 proposal by president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to transfer federals lands to the state if they were transformed into a protected area. The Amapá Legislature approved creation unanimously in 2006. The Amapá State Forest was cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jari Ecological Station
Jari Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica do Jari) is an ecological station in Brazil, located in the states of Amapá and Pará, created in 1984. Location The Jari Ecological Station lies in the municipalities of Almeirim, Pará, and Mazagão, Amapá. It has an areas of . It lies in the Uatuma-Trombetas moist forests ecoregion of the Amazon biome. Altitude varies from . The Jari River drains the eastern part and the Paru River drains the south west part. In north west the main watercourse is the Carecuru River. The reserve is bounded by the Paru State Forest to the north, and the Rio Iratapuru Sustainable Development Reserve to the northeast. Environment Temperature ranges from . The vegetation is mainly land forest. Emergent trees reach . The protected unit is in excellent condition. There are traces of two old mines, which caused some changes to the landscape. Small numbers of people have settled along the Jarà River, which flows through the unit, built house ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio Iratapuru Sustainable Development Reserve
The Rio Iratapuru Sustainable Development Reserve ( pt, Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável do Rio Iratapuru) is a sustainable development reserve in the state of Amapá, Brazil. It contains a well-preserved area of terra firme forest with rich fauna. The local communities that surround the reserve use it for sustainable extraction of products such as Brazil nuts. Location The Rio Iratapuru Sustainable Development Reserve is divided between the municipalities of Laranjal do Jari (69.01%), Mazagão (18.68%) and Pedra Branca do Amapari (12.1%) in Amapá. It has an area of . The Jari River forms the western boundary. The Iratapuru River, a tributary of the Jari, crosses the reserve from north to south and is fed by many tributaries. The reserve is bounded by the Waiãpi Indigenous Territory to the north and part of the Jari Ecological Station to the south. The Amapá State Forest adjoins the reserve to the east. The Jari River also forms the western boundary of the Tumucumaqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mazagaon
Mazagaon, also spelled Mazgaon and Mazagon (Portuguese rule Mazagão), and pronounced by the Catholics as 'Mazgon' or 'Maz-a-gon' and the Marathi-speakers as Mazhgav, is one of the seven islands of Mumbai. References ;Notes {{reflist ;Sources â€Matharpacady Village Website See also *Joseph Baptista Gardens The Joseph Baptista Gardens, locally known as the Mazagaon Gardens, is a park in Mazagaon, South Mumbai, India. It lies atop Bhandarwada hill, behind the Dockyard Road railway station, at an altitude of and offers a panoramic view of the Mumbai ... Neighbourhoods in Mumbai Islands of Mumbai History of Mumbai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macapá
Macapá () is a city in Brazil with a population of 512,902 (2020 estimation). It is the capital of Amapá state in the country's North Region. It is located on the northern channel of the Amazon River near its mouth on the Atlantic Ocean. The city is on a small plateau on the Amazon in the southeast of the state of Amapá. The only access by road from outside the province is from the overseas French department of French Guiana, although there are regular ferries to Belem, Brazil. Macapá is linked by road with some other cities in Amapá. The equator runs through the middle of the city, leading residents to refer to Macapá as "''The capital of the middle of the world.''" It covers and is located northwest of the large inland island of Marajó and south of the border with French Guiana. History Macapá is a corruption of the Tupi word ''macapaba'', or "''place of many bacabas''", the fruit of the local palm tree. The Spaniard Francisco de Orellana claimed the region in 1544 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities In Amapá
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the governing body of a given municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district. The term is derived from French and Latin . The English word ''municipality'' derives from the Latin social contract (derived from a word meaning "duty holders"), referring to the Latin communities that supplied Rome with troops in exchange for their own incorporation into the Roman state (granting Roman citizenship to the inhabitants) while permitting the communities to retain their own local governments (a limited autonomy). A municipality can be any political jurisdiction, from a sovereign state such as the Principality of Monaco, to a small village such as West Hampton Dunes, New York. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
