Bragança, Pará
Municipality in Northern, Brazil
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Bragança is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil.[3][4][5][6]
Bragança | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
Bragança (Sao Pedro Alcantara) Cathedral and Obelisk | |
.svg) Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Nickname: 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 | |
• Total | 123,082 |
| 132,489 | |
| • Density | 151.935/sq mi (58.6623/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.[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).
