Mazagão is a municipality

Municipality

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 located in the south of the state of Amapá

Amapá

Amapá is one of the states of Brazil, located in the extreme north, bordering French Guiana and Suriname to the north. To the east is the Atlantic Ocean, and to the south and west is the Brazilian state of Pará. Perhaps one of the main features of the state is the River Oiapoque, as it was once...

 in Brazil

Brazil

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. Its population is 13,913 and its area is 13,131 km².

The city was named after the Portuguese colony Mazagão in North Africa, now El Jadida

El Jadida

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, which the Portuguese abandoned in 1769.

Many of its inhabitants were evacuated to Brazil, where they founded a new settlement Nova Mazagão.