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Mazagão

Coordinates: 00°06′54″S 51°17′20″W / 0.11500°S 51.28889°W / -0.11500; -51.28889
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00°06′54″S 51°17′20″W / 0.11500°S 51.28889°W / -0.11500; -51.28889 Mazagão (Big Mazag)is a municipality located in the south of the state of Amapá in Brazil. 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, which the Portuguese abandoned in 1769.
Many of its inhabitants were evacuated to Brazil, where they founded a new settlement Nova Mazagão.