Marabá
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Key facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Region
- Northern
- State
- Pará
- Founded
- December of 1894
- Emancipated
- February 27, 1913
- Mayor
- Antonio Carlos Cunha Sá ( PL )
- Municipality
- 15,092.268 km (5,827.157 sq mi)
- Density
- 18.7872/km (48.6587/sq mi)
- Metro
- 342,615
- Demonym
- marabaense
- Time zone
- UTC-3 ( BRT )
- Postcode
- 68500-000 to 68515-000
- Area code
- (+55) 94
- Hdi 2010
- 0.668 – medium , ( UNDP /2010)
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Marabá is a municipality in the state of Pará, Brazil. Its greatest geographic reference is the confluence of two large rivers near the historic city center, the Itacaiunas River and the Tocantins River, forming a "Y" if seen from space. It basically consists of six urban centers linked by five highways.
Marabá is the fourth-most-populous municipality in the state of Pará, approximately 283,542 inhabitants according to the IBGE/2020, and the fourth largest GDP in the state of Pará, with US$1.543.254,34 according to the IDESP/2010. It's the main center of political, social, and economic development in southern of Pará and one of the most dynamic municipalities in Brazil.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marabá” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.