Bragança, Pará
Bragança is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil.
Bragança | |
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Municipality | |
Bragança (Sao Pedro Alcantara) Cathedral and Obelisk | |
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Flag Seal | |
| Nickname(s): Tera da Marujada (Land of the Fandango) | |
Location of Bragança in the State of Pará | |
Bragança Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 01°03′46″S 46°46′22″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 ) | |
| • Total | 128,914 |
| • Density | 160/sq mi (61/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
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. It contains the 42,069 hectares (103,950 acres) Caeté-Taperaçu Marine Extractive Reserve, created in 2005.
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