Tucuruí
| Município de Tucuruí "TUC-TUC"
Tucuruí
"Capital da Energia" |
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 Tucuruí lighthouse
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| Coordinates | 3 ° 46 ′ S , 49 ° 40 ′ W | ||
 Location of the municipality in the state of Pará
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| founding | December 31, 1947 (age 72) | ||
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| Country | Brazil | ||
| State | Pará | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | BR-PA | ||
| structure | 2 districts: Tucuruí (headquarters) and Remansão | ||
| height | 42 m | ||
| Waters | Rio Tocantins | ||
| climate | tropical, Am | ||
| surface | 2,084.3 km² | ||
| Residents | 97,128 (2010) | ||
| density | 46.6 Ew. / km² | ||
| estimate | 113,659 (July 1, 2019) | ||
| Parish code | IBGE : 1508100 | ||
| Post Code | 68458-000 | ||
| Telephone code | (+55) 94 | ||
| Time zone | UTC −3 | ||
| Website | tucurui.pa.gov.br (Brazilian Portuguese) | ||
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| City Prefect | Artur Brito (2017-2020) | ||
| Political party | PV | ||
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| GDP | 4,353,669 thousand R $ 39,984 R $ per person (2016) |
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| HDI | 0.666 (medium) (2010) | ||
Tucuruí , officially Município de Tucuruí , is a municipal city in the Brazilian state of Pará ( South America ).
The municipality received city rights in 1947. According to the 2010 census, it had 97,128 inhabitants. As of July 1, 2019, the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) estimated the population to be 113,659. The population density in 2010 was 46.6 inhabitants per km² on a total area of around 2084.3 km². The distance to the capital Belém is 480 km. It ranks 15th of the state's 144 municipalities.
geography
The city is located on the dam of the Tucuruí reservoir , through which the Rio Tocantins flows. It is located at an altitude of 42 meters above sea level.
Surrounding communities are Breu Branco , Novo Repartimento , Baião and Pacajá .
The community has a tropical climate, Am according to the Köppen and Geiger climate classification . The average temperature is 27.4 ° C. The average rainfall is 2427 mm per year. There is a short dry season.
Population development
| year | Residents | city | country |
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| 1991 | 54,330 | 46.014 | 8,316 |
| 2000 | 73,798 | 60,918 | 12,880 |
| 2010 | 97.128 | 92,442 | 4,686 |
| 2019 | 113,659 | ? | ? |
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Source: IBGE
sons and daughters of the town
- Floriano Saraiva dos Santos (* 1967), musician, arranger and singer
- Liah Soares (born 1980), musician
- Áurea Carolina (* 1983), politician
- Wando da Costa Silva (* 1980), football player
Web links
- Website (Citizen Portal) of the City Prefecture , Prefeitura Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
- City Council website , Câmara Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
- City website (Brazilian Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c IBGE : Cidades @ Pará: Turcuruí - Panorama , accessed on November 7, 2019.
- ↑ Climate Tucuruí: Weather, average temperature, weather forecast for Tucuruí. In: de.climate-data.org. Retrieved November 7, 2019 .
- ^ Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano do Brasil: Tucuruí, PA . Retrieved November 7, 2017 (Brazilian Portuguese).