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Uruará

Coordinates: 3°43′04″S 53°44′13″W / 3.71778°S 53.7369°W / -3.71778; -53.7369
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Uruará
Municipality
Images (top to bottom-left) Welcome to Uruará sign. Local church. Aerial photo of Uruará. CCJ/SCFV
Images (top to bottom-left) Welcome to Uruará sign. Local church. Aerial photo of Uruará. CCJ/SCFV
Flag of Uruará
Official seal of Uruará
Location of Uruará from Pará
Location of Uruará from Pará
Uruará is located in Brazil
Uruará
Uruará
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 03°43′03″S 53°44′12″W / 3.71750°S 53.73667°W / -3.71750; -53.73667
Country Brazil
RegionNorthern
StatePará
MesoregionSudoeste Paraense
Bordering municipalitesMedicilândia, Placas, Santarém, Prainha, Mojuí dos Campos, Brasil Novo e Altamira
Distance away from Capital634km
FoundationSeptember 13, 1987
InauguratedMay 5, 1988
DistrictsVila Brasil, Centro, Fluminense, Jardim Morumbi, Mini Indústria, Aeroporto
Government
 • MayorCarlos Antônio Zancan
Area
 • Municipality
4,166.550 sq mi (10,791.315 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)  0%
 • Urban
3.68 sq mi (9.54 km2)
Dimensions
 • Length1.35 mi (2.18 km)
Elevation
423 ft (129 m)
Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Municipality
45,435
 • Density11/sq mi (4.2/km2)
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
Area code1508159

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

Infrastructure

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Communication

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TV Vale do Uruará is Uruara's first television station in the municipality. Since it's foundation in 1995. Then TV Talento sometime later.

Highway

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Highways BR-230 and PA-370 is the only two highways that connects Uruará to Amazonas and Santarém respectively.

Sports

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Uruará's major sports complex is the "Complexo Esportivo Vila Brasil" at the Vila Brasil district. The complex hosted events in the city over the years.

See also

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References

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  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. 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. Retrieved December 17, 2009.

3°43′04″S 53°44′13″W / 3.71778°S 53.7369°W / -3.71778; -53.7369