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Curralinho

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Country
  
Brazil

State
  
Pará

Postal Code
  
68815-000

Area
  
3,617 km²

Local time
  
Monday 4:07 PM

Region
  
North

Time zone
  
BST (UTC-3)

Elevation
  
15 m

Population
  
26,864 (2008)

Curralinho photoswikimapiaorgp0000466869bigjpg

Weather
  
27°C, Wind NE at 8 km/h, 91% Humidity

Curralinho is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Pará. Its population as of 2008 is estimated to be 26,864 people. The area of the municipality is 3.617,240 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion Marajó and to the microregion of Furos de Breves.

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Map of Curralinho - State of Par%C3%A1, Brazil

Geography

The municipality is on the island of Marajó to the northwest of Belém in the delta region where the Amazon and Tocantins rivers empty into the Atlantic Ocean. It contains part of the 194,868 hectares (481,530 acres) Terra Grande-Pracuúba Extractive Reserve, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2006. It is contained within the 59,985 square kilometres (23,160 sq mi) Marajó Archipelago Environmental Protection Area, a sustainable use conservation unit established in 1989 to protect the environment of the delta region.

References

Curralinho Wikipedia