Parintins

Parintins
Parintins
Municipality
	Municipality of Parintins
	The Square of The Sacred Heart of Jesus (Praca Sagrado Coração de Jesus) in Centro area
	Flag Seal
	Nickname: Capital Mundial do Folclore (Folklore Capital of the World in Portuguese)
	Location in Amazonas
Country	Brazil
Region	North
State	Amazonas
Founded	October 15, 1852
Government
• Mayor	Carlos Alexandre da Carbrás (PSD)
Area
• Total	5,952.333 km2 (2,298.209 sq mi)
Elevation	27 m (89 ft)
Population (2014)
• Total	110,411
• Density	19/km2 (48/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (DST no longer used)
Demonym	parintinense

Parintins is a municipality in the far east of the Amazonas state, Brazil. It is part of a microregion also named Parintins. The population for the entire municipality was 109,150 (2005) and its area is 5,952 km².^[1] The city is located on Tupinambarana island in the Amazon River. Parintins is known for a popular folklore festival held there each June called Boi-Bumbá. It also was the site of an experimental deployment of WiMAX, sponsored by Intel, in late 2006.^[2]

It is served by Júlio Belém Airport.

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Notes

^ IBGE - [1]
^ Kanellos, Michael (2006-09-20). "Intel builds Internet city on Amazon island". CNET News.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2006-09-21.

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[1] IBGE - [1]

[2] Kanellos, Michael (2006-09-20). "Intel builds Internet city on Amazon island". CNET News.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2006-09-21.

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