Bragança, Pará
Bragança, Pará | |||
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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 | |||
Country |
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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
- ↑ "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
Coordinates: 1°03′46″S 46°46′22″W / 1.06278°S 46.77278°W
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