Magalhães Barata

Magalhães Barata is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil.[2][3][4][5]

This article is about the city. For the politician, see Joaquim de Magalhães Cardoso Barata.
Magalhães Barata
Municipality
Magalhães Barata is located in Pará
Magalhães Barata
Magalhães Barata
Location in Brazil
Magalhães Barata is located in Brazil
Magalhães Barata
Magalhães Barata
Magalhães Barata (Brazil)
Coordinates: 0.795°S 47.5978°W / -0.795; -47.5978
Country Brazil
RegionNorthern
StatePará
MesoregionNordeste Paraense
Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total8,573
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)

The municipality contains the 11,037 hectares (27,270 acres) Cuinarana Marine Extractive Reserve, created in 2014. The Cuinarana River originates near the municipal headquarters. It flows north to join the Marapanim River near the Atlantic coast. It is protected by the Maracanã Marine Extractive Reserve on the east and the Cuinarana Marine Extractive Reserve on the west.[6]

History

As early as 1936, there existed in the city of Marapanim the district of Cuinarana, which on December 29, 1961, was elevated to the status of municipality, gaining the name of Magalhães Barata, in honor of the former governor of the state of Pará, by state law nº 2.460.[7]

Notable people
  • Rony Football player

See also

References
  1. IBGE 2020
  2. "Divisão Territorial do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  3. "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  4. "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  5. "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  6. RESEX Marinha Cuinarana (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-11
  7. "Magalhães Barata, history and photos". Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (in Portuguese). Retrieved January 21, 2022.


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