Carvão is a district in the Brazilian municipality of Mazagão, in the state of

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 Fr ...

. 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. 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