Ingá (Paraíba)
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Coordinates: 7 ° 16 ′ S , 35 ° 37 ′ W Ingá on the map of Brazil
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| Country | Brazil | |
| State | Paraíba | |
| City foundation | November 3, 1840 | |
| Residents | 18,234 (2011) | |
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| surface | 287,969 | |
| Time zone | UTC −3 | |
| City Presidency | Manoel Batista Chaves Filho (Manoel da Lenha) | |
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Ingá is a município in the Brazilian state of Paraíba . In 2011 Ingá had 18,234 inhabitants on an area of 288 km².
history
Some historians suspect that the place name Ingá has its origin in the Tupí-Guaraní languages and means full of water . The administrative administration began with the creation of the district of Vila do Imperador (small town of the emperor) by the provincial law ( lei provincial ) No. 2. By the provincial law No. 3 of May 23, 1846 the city was renamed Ingá.
The Comarca of Ingá was founded on April 10, 1940.
geography
Ingá borders the Municípios Mogeiro , Itatuba , Fagundes , Riachão do Bacamarte , Serra Redonda , Juarez Távora and Campina Grande .
The city is located in a semi-arid area, which was defined by the Ministério da Integração Nacional 2005.
Worth seeing
Ingá is particularly known for the Pedra do Ingá , a rock with inscriptions that may have been made by the indigenous people long before Europeans reached the continent. Researchers have not yet been able to decipher the meaning.
Population development
| date | population |
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| 2009 | 18,784 |
| 2011 | 18,234 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Estimativa Populacional 2011. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), July 1, 2011, accessed June 9, 2013 .
- ↑ IBGE: Area territorial oficial. Resolução da Presidência do IBGE de n ° 5 (R.PR-5/02), October 10, 2002, accessed on June 9, 2013 .
- ↑ Ministério da Integração Nacional, 2005. Nova delimitação do semiárido brasileiro ( Memento of July 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive )