Ipixuna do Pará

Ipixuna do Pará
Municipality
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Country	Brazil
Region	Northern
State	Pará
Mesoregion	Nordeste Paraense
Bordering municipalities	Paragominas, Goianésia do Pará, Breu Branco, Moju, Tailândia, Tomé-Açu, Aurora do Pará, Capitão Poço and Nova Esperança do Piriá
Distance to Capital	250 km
Government
• Mayor	Artemes Oliveira (MDB)
Area
• Total	2,014.275 sq mi (5,216.948 km^2)
Population  (2020 [1])
• Total	65,625
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)

Ipixuna do Pará is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil.^[2][3][4][5]

History

In 1958, the pioneer arrived in the region Mr. Leonardo Manoel do Carmo, who, together with his family, composed of thirteen people, constituted the first inhabitants of what is now the Municipality Headquarters. The first step was to build a dwelling and then the mower. In their wake came Idelfonso Ribeiro, Irineu Farias, Antonio Cipriano and Manoel Henrique. ^{[additional citation(s) needed]}

Geography

Ipixuna do Pará is located in the Northeast Mesoregion of Pará, Microregion of Guamá, bordering the municipalities of Paragominas, Goianésia, Breu Branco, Tailândia, Tomé-Açu, Aurora do Pará, Capitão Poço e Nova Esperança do Piriá. The seat of the Municipality is 250 km from the State Capital-Belém, connected by road, BR-010 highway and by river through the Capim River. It has the following geographic coordinates: 02º 33' 03" south latitude and 47º 30' 06" west longitude of Greenwich, being at an altitude of 50 meters.

The municipality has an area of 5,215,555 km² with a population, according to IBGE estimates in 2018, of 62,455 inhabitants, which gives it a demographic density of 9.84 inhabitants per km². The urban area has 12,227 residents, according to the 2010 Demographic Census. ^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of municipalities in Pará

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.

2°33′28″S 47°29′38″W / 2.55778°S 47.4939°W / -2.55778; -47.4939