Bragança, Pará

Bragança, Pará
Municipality

Bragança (Sao Pedro Alcantara) Cathedral and Obelisk

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Nickname(s): Tera da Marujada (Land of the Fandango)

Location of Bragança in the State of Pará
Bragança, Pará

Location in Brazil

Coordinates: BR 01°03′46″S 46°46′22″W / 1.06278°S 46.77278°W / -1.06278; -46.77278
Country  Brazil
Region Northern
State Pará
Mesoregion Nordeste Paraense
Demonym bargantino(a)
Founded 1613
Government
 • Mayor Joao Nelson Pereira Magalhaes (PT)
Area
 • Total 807.044 sq mi (2,090.234 km2)
Elevation 62 ft (19 m)
Population (2014)
 • Total 120,124
 • Density 148.8/sq mi (57.47/km2)
Time zone UTC -3

Bragança, Pará is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil.[1][2][3][4]

The municipality contains part of the 27,864 hectares (68,850 acres) Tracuateua Marine Extractive Reserve, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2005.[5] It contains the 42,069 hectares (103,950 acres) Caeté-Taperaçu Marine Extractive Reserve, created in 2005.[6]

History

The city was originally founded as New Bragança (after Bragança, Portugal).

See also

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ RESEX Marinha de Tracuateua (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-04
  6. ↑ RESEX Marinha de Caeté-Taperaçu (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-12

Coordinates: 1°03′46″S 46°46′22″W / 1.06278°S 46.77278°W / -1.06278; -46.77278


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