Bragança, Pará

Bragança, Pará
Bragança, Pará
	Municipality
	Bragança (Sao Pedro Alcantara) Cathedral and Obelisk
	Flag Seal
	Nickname(s): Tera da Marujada ; (Land of the Fandango)
	Location of Bragança in the State of Pará
	Bragança, Pará 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 [1]
• Total	810.098 sq mi (2,098.144 km2)
Elevation	62 ft (19 m)
Population (2018 est.[2])
• Total	126,436
• Density	160/sq mi (60/km2)
Time zone	UTC -3

Bragança, Pará 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) Tracuateua Marine Extractive Reserve, a sustainable use conservation 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).

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