Carvão is a district in the Brazilian municipality of Mazagão, in the state of Amapá. It is located along the Mutuacá River [pt].[2]

Carvão
Public meeting in Carvão
Public meeting in Carvão
Carvão is located in Amapá
Carvão
Carvão
Location in Brazil
Carvão is located in Brazil
Carvão
Carvão
Carvão (Brazil)
Coordinates: 0°10′56″S 51°21′26″W / 0.1821°S 51.3571°W / -0.1821; -51.3571
Country Brazil
RegionNorth
StateAmapá
MunicipalityMazagão
Founded1914
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total
1,097
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)

Overview

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Carvão was founded in 1914[3] as a coal miners community.[2] 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.[4]

The village is connected to the AP-010 road which provides access to Santana and Macapá.[5] The village has a school,[6] and has received access to clean drinking water.[7] In 1995, Carvão became a district of Mazagão.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) (16 November 2011). "Sinopse por setores". Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b Patrícia Duarte Pereira (2019). "PERCEPÇÃO DO CONHECIMENTO ADQUIRIDO POR MEIO DO CURSO DE CRIAÇÃO DE FRANGOS E GALINHAS CAIPIRAS ORGÂNICAS" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Federal University of Amapá. p. 9.
  3. ^ "Encontro de Folias agita comunidade de Carvão, em Mazagão". Diário do Amapá (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  4. ^ Angela Steward (2007). "Nobody farms here anymore: Livelihood diversification in the Amazonian community of Carvão, a historical perspective". Agriculture and Human Values. 24: 75–92. doi:10.1007/s10460-006-9032-2. S2CID 154896939.
  5. ^ "Plano Rodoviário avança com obra da AP-010". Government of Amapá (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Quem somos?". Associação Nossa Amazônia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Governo entrega projeto de ampliação do sistema de abastecimento de água para Mazagão". Government of Amapá (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Mazagão". IBGE (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 April 2021.