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Tanguá

Coordinates:22°43′48″S42°42′50″W/ 22.73000°S 42.71389°W/-22.73000; -42.71389
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Tanguá
Município de Tanguá
Flag of Tanguá
Official seal of Tanguá
Nickname:
Capital Pioneira das Telecomunicações
Location of Tanguá in the state of Rio de Janeiro
Location of Tanguá in the state of Rio de Janeiro
Tanguá is located in Brazil
Tanguá
Tanguá
Location of Tanguá in Brazil
Coordinates:22°43′48″S42°42′50″W/ 22.73000°S 42.71389°W/-22.73000; -42.71389
CountryBrazil
RegionSoutheast
StateRio de Janeiro
Government
PrefeitoAnderson Pereira de Oliveira (Coroné Anderson)
Area
• Total145,503 km2(56,179 sq mi)
Elevation
20 m (70 ft)
Population
(2020[1])
• Total34,610
Time zoneUTC−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

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  1. ^IBGE 2020
  2. ^abcdTanguá - RJ,Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics(IBGE), 2011
  3. ^Tanguá - RJ,Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics(IBGE), 2005, archived fromthe originalon January 9, 2007
  4. ^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
  5. ^Pereira, Carlos Roberto (23 October 2007),Lei nº. 0633, de 23 de Outubro de 2007(in Portuguese),retrieved2016-10-05