Bragança, Pará

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
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 [1]
• 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).

See also

• List of municipalities in Pará