Bragança, Pará

Bragança
Municipality
Bragança (Sao Pedro Alcantara) Cathedral and Obelisk
Bragança (Sao Pedro Alcantara) Cathedral and Obelisk
Flag of Bragança
Flag
Official seal of Bragança
Seal
Nickname(s): 
Tera da Marujada
(Land of the Fandango)
Location of Bragança in the State of Pará
Location of Bragança in the State of Pará
Bragança is located in Brazil
Bragança
Bragança
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 01°03′46″S 46°46′22″W / 1.06278°S 46.77278°W / -1.06278; -46.77278
Country Brazil
RegionNorthern
StatePará
MesoregionNordeste Paraense
Demonymbragantino(a)
Founded1613
Government
 • MayorJoao Nelson Pereira Magalhaes (PT)
Area
[1]
 • Total810.098 sq mi (2,098.144 km2)
Elevation
62 ft (19 m)
Population
 (2020 [2])
 • Total128,914
 • Density160/sq mi (61/km2)
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)

Bragança 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) of the Tracuateua Marine Extractive Reserve, an extractive reserve 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

  1. ^ "Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics" (in Portuguese). 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2019. 2018 Area Total
  2. ^ IBGE 2020
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ RESEX Marinha de Tracuateua (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-04
  8. ^ RESEX Marinha de Caeté-Taperaçu (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-12

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

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