Santa Cruz do Arari
Santa Cruz do Arari | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 00°39′50″S 49°09′46″W / 0.66389°S 49.16278°W | |
Country | Brazil |
Region | North |
State | Pará |
Area | |
• Total | 1,074.854 km2 (415.003 sq mi) |
Elevation | 6 m (20 ft) |
Population (2020 [1]) | |
• Total | 10,314 |
• Density | 5.2/km2 (13/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
Postal Code | 68850-000 |
Santa Cruz do Arari is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Pará. Its population as of 2020 is estimated to be 10,314 people. The area of the municipality is 1,074.854 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion Marajó and the microregion of Arari.
In 2010, the mayor was Marcelo José Pamplona Beltrão.[2] The United Nations HDI, or Human Development Index, score for Santa Cruz do Arari is 0.63.[3]
Nearby Lake Arari is a large lake located on the island Marajó, which is a tourist attraction and the home of a wide variety of avian life.[4] The municipality is contained in the 59,985 square kilometres (23,160 sq mi) Marajó Archipelago Environmental Protection Area, a sustainable-use conservation unit established in 1989 to protect the environment of the delta region.[5]
References
- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ ":: Site Oficial de Santa Cruz do Arari ::". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
- ^ ":: Site Oficial de Santa Cruz do Arari ::". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
- ^ ":: Site Oficial de Santa Cruz do Arari ::". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
- ^ APA Arquipélago do Marajó (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-27