Curralinho

This article is about the municipality in Pará. For the municipality in Bahia formerly known as "Curralinho", see Castro Alves, Bahia.

Curralinho is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Pará. Its population as of 2020 is estimated to be 34,994 people. The area of the municipality is 3.617,240 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion Marajó and to the microregion of Furos de Breves.

Curralinho
Municipality
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Location in the State of Pará
Coordinates: 01°48′50″S 49°47′42″W
Country	Brazil
Region	North
State	Pará
Area
• Total	3,617.240 km2 (1,396.624 sq mi)
Elevation	15 m (49 ft)
Population  (2020 [1])
• Total	34,994
• Density	6.5/km2 (17/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
Postal Code	68815-000

Geography

The municipality is on the island of Marajó to the northwest of Belém in the delta region where the Amazon and Tocantins rivers empty into the Atlantic Ocean. It contains part of the 194,868 hectares (481,530 acres) Terra Grande-Pracuúba Extractive Reserve, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2006.^[2] It is contained within the 59,985 square kilometres (23,160 sq mi) Marajó Archipelago Environmental Protection Area, a sustainable use conservation unit established in 1989 to protect the environment of the delta region.^[3]

See also

• List of municipalities in Pará