Mazagão ( pt, Município de Mazagão}, ) is a

municipality 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 go ...

located in the south of the state of

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. Its population is 22,053 and its area is .

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 Tiag ...

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

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, 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 ''

''. 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

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- one of the original Seven Islands of Bombay and still a historic neighborhood of

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- derives this name, too, from the Moroccan city, since both were under Portuguese rule in the same time. Mazagão Velho started to decline and Novo do Anauerapucú started become the bigger town. The town of Anauerapucú became the capital of an independent municipality in 1915, and was renamed Mazagão. Mazagão can be reached by the AP-010 from

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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 ...

Conservation

The municipality contains 44% of the

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 biodiversit ...

, created in 1990. It contains 19% of the

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, created in 1997. It contains part of the

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 ...

. It also contains 8.56% of the

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 (7.7 ...

, a sustainable use conservation unit established in 2006.

Economy

Mazagão is known for its pottery and ceramics. A major part of the economy is based on livestock in particular cattle and buffalo, and forestry centred around the

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and

rubber tree ''Hevea brasiliensis'', the Pará rubber tree, ''sharinga'' tree, seringueira, or most commonly, rubber tree or rubber plant, is a flowering plant belonging to the spurge family Euphorbiaceae originally native to the Amazon basin, but is now pa ...

Subdivions

The municipality of Mazagão is subdivided in three districts: * The town of Mazagão *

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 se ...

References

External links

Official site
(in Portuguese) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mazagao Municipalities in Amapá Populated places in Amapá Populated places established in 1773