Alcobaça | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 17°31′08″S 39°11′46″W / 17.519°S 39.196°W | |
Country | Brazil |
State | Bahia |
Population (2020
[1]) | |
• Total | 22,490 |
Time zone | UTC−3 ( BRT) |
Alcobaça is a municipality of Bahia, Brazil.
The municipality contains part of the Cassurubá Extractive Reserve, a 100,768 hectares (249,000 acres) sustainable use conservation unit that protects an area of mangroves, river and sea where shellfish are harvested. [2] The Timbebas reef opposite Alcobaça is part of the 91,330 hectares (225,700 acres) Abrolhos Marine National Park, a conservation unit created in 1983. [3]