Bragança, Pará
Bragança | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
Bragança (Sao Pedro Alcantara) Cathedral and Obelisk | |
| Nickname(s): Tera da Marujada (Land of the Fandango) | |
Location of Bragança in the State of Pará | |
| 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 ) | |
• Total | 128,914 |
| • Density | 160/sq mi (61/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
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Bragança is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil.
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.