Alcobaça | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Coordinates: | -17.519°N -39.196°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Bahia |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2020 [1] |
Population Total: | 22,490 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | BRT |
Utc Offset1: | -3 |
Alcobaça is a municipality of Bahia, Brazil.
The municipality contains part of the Cassurubá Extractive Reserve, a sustainable use conservation unit that protects an area of mangroves, river and sea where shellfish are harvested.The Timbebas reef opposite Alcobaça is part of the Abrolhos Marine National Park, a conservation unit created in 1983.