Bragança, Pará
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Bragança (Sao Pedro Alcantara) Cathedral and Obelisk
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| Nickname(s): Tera da Marujada (Land of the Fandango) | |||
 Location of Bragança in the State of Pará |
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 Bragança, Pará
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| Coordinates: 01°03′46″S 46°46′22″W / 1.06278°S 46.77278°W | |||
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| Region | Northern | ||
| State | Pará | ||
| Mesoregion | Nordeste Paraense | ||
| Demonym | bargantino(a) | ||
| Founded | 1613 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Joao Nelson Pereira Magalhaes (PT) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 807.044 sq mi (2,090.234 km2) | ||
| Elevation | 62 ft (19 m) | ||
| Population (2014) | |||
| • Total | 120,124 | ||
| • Density | 148.8/sq mi (57.47/km2) | ||
| Time zone | UTC -3 | ||
Bragança, Pará 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) Tracuateua Marine Extractive Reserve, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2005. It contains the 42,069 hectares (103,950 acres) Caeté-Taperaçu Marine Extractive Reserve, created in 2005.
The city was founded as New Bragança (after Bragança, Portugal).
Coordinates: 1°03′46″S 46°46′22″W / 1.06278°S 46.77278°W
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