Bragança is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil.[3][4][5][6]
Bragança | |
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Municipality | |
Nickname(s): Tera da Marujada (Land of the Fandango) | |
Coordinates: 01°03′46″S 46°46′22″W / 1.06278°S 46.77278°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 [2]) | |
• 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.[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).