Bragança, Pará
Bragança, Pará | |
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Municipality | |
 Bragança (Sao Pedro Alcantara) Cathedral and Obelisk | |
.svg) Flag  Seal | |
| Nickname(s): Tera da Marujada (Land of the Fandango) | |
 Location of Bragança in the State of Pará | |
  Bragança, Pará Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 01°03′46″S 46°46′22″W / 1.06278°S 46.77278°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Northern |
| State | Pará |
| Mesoregion | Nordeste Paraense |
| Demonym | bragantino(a) |
| Founded | 1613 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Joao Nelson Pereira Magalhaes (PT) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 810.098 sq mi (2,098.144 km2) |
| Elevation | 62 ft (19 m) |
| Population (2020 [2]) | |
| • Total | 128,914 |
| • Density | 160/sq mi (61/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC -3 |
Bragança, Pará is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil.[3][4][5][6]
The municipality contains part of the 27,864 hectares (68,850 acres) Tracuateua Marine Extractive Reserve, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2005.[7] It contains the 42,069 hectares (103,950 acres) Caeté-Taperaçu Marine Extractive Reserve, created in 2005.[8]
History
The city was founded as New Bragança (after Bragança, Portugal).
See also
References
- ^ "Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics" (in Portuguese). 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
2018 Area Total
- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ "Divisão Territorial do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ RESEX Marinha de Tracuateua (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-04
- ^ RESEX Marinha de Caeté-Taperaçu (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-12
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| Mesoregion Southwestern Pará |
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1°03′46″S 46°46′22″W / 1.06278°S 46.77278°W
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