Tanguá
Appearance
Tanguá | |
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Município de Tanguá | |
Nickname: Capital Pioneira das Telecomunicações | |
![]() Location of Tanguá in the state of Rio de Janeiro | |
Coordinates:22°43′48″S42°42′50″W/ 22.73000°S 42.71389°W | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Southeast |
State | ![]() |
Government | |
•Prefeito | Anderson Pereira de Oliveira (Coroné Anderson) |
Area | |
• Total | 145,503 km2(56,179 sq mi) |
Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
Population (2020[1]) | |
• Total | 34,610 |
Time zone | UTC−3(BRT) |
Website | [1] |
Tanguá(Portuguese pronunciation:[tɐ̃ˈgwa]) is amunicipalitylocated in theBrazilian stateofRio de Janeiro.It covers an area of 145,5 km².[2]
Its population is relatively stable, with 29,481 in 2005[3]and 30,732 in 2010,[2]most of them urban.[2]This equates to a population density of 211 inhabitants per km².[2]
The municipality contains part of theCentral Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest Mosaicof conservation units, created in 2006.[4] It contains the 878 hectares (2,170 acres)Serra do Barbosão Municipal Nature Park,created in 2007 to protect an area ofAtlantic Forest.[5]
References
[edit]- ^IBGE 2020
- ^abcdTanguá - RJ,Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics(IBGE), 2011
- ^Tanguá - RJ,Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics(IBGE), 2005, archived fromthe originalon January 9, 2007
- ^Costa, Cláudia; Lamas, Ivana; Fernandes, Rosan (December 2010),Planejamento Estratégico do Mosaico Central Fluminense(PDF)(in Portuguese), Reserva da Biosfera da Mata Atlântica, p. 13,retrieved2016-10-02
- ^Pereira, Carlos Roberto (23 October 2007),Lei nº. 0633, de 23 de Outubro de 2007(in Portuguese),retrieved2016-10-05
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