Mucajaí | |
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![]() Location in Roraima state | |
Coordinates: 2°26′40″N 60°55′10″W / 2.44444°N 60.91944°W | |
Country | Brazil |
Region | North |
State | Roraima |
Government | |
• Mayor | Eronildes Aparecida Gonçalves (PR) |
Area | |
• Total | 12,461 km2 (4,811 sq mi) |
Population (2020 [1]) | |
• Total | 18,172 |
• Density | 1.5/km2 (3.8/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−4 (AMT) |
Website | mucajai.rr.gov.br |
Mucajaí (Portuguese pronunciation: [mukɐʒaˈi]) is a municipality located in the midwest of the state of Roraima in Brazil. Its population is 18,172 (2020) and its area is 12,461 km².[2]
Mucajaí started as Colônia Agrícola Fernando Costa, an agricultural colony, in 1951. In 1980, Apiaú, a larger scale colony, was nearby.[3] In 1982, it became an independent municipality and renamed Mucajaí.[4]
The municipality contains part of the Roraima National Forest.[5] In 2018, a mob attacked and expelled about 300 Venezuelan exiles after a local resident of Mucajaí was killed in a fight with a Venezuelan.[6]
Sports
[edit]The local football club is Atlético Progresso Clube.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ "IBGE | Cidades | Roraima | Mucajaí". cidades.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
- ^ "História do Município". Municipality of Mucajaí (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ "Mucajaí". IBGE (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ Características da UC (in Portuguese), ICMBio, retrieved 2016-05-19
- ^ "Xenofobia em RR, moradores expulsam venezuelanos de prédio abandonado e ateiam fogo a seus pertences". ESQUERDA DIÁRIO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ "Progresso retorna ao Estadual após nove anos de fora das competições". Globo Sporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 April 2021.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Portuguese)
Media related to Mucajaí at Wikimedia Commons