Bragança is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
in the
state
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of
Pará
Pará () is a Federative units of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins (state), Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas (Brazilian st ...
in the
Northern region of
Brazil
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.
The municipality contains part of the of the
Tracuateua Marine Extractive Reserve, an
extractive reserve unit created in 2005.
It contains the
Caeté-Taperaçu Marine Extractive Reserve, created in 2005.
History
The city was founded as New Bragança (after
Bragança, Portugal
Bragança (; ), also known in English as Braganza ( , ), officially the City of Bragança (), is a city and List of municipalities of Portugal, municipality in north-eastern Portugal, capital of the Bragança District, district of Bragança, in ...
).
See also
*
List of municipalities in Pará
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Pará (PA), located in the North Region of Brazil
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References
Municipalities in Pará
Populated coastal places in Pará
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