Santa Cruz do Arari

Santa Cruz do Arari
Municipality
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Location in the State of Pará
Santa Cruz do Arari
Coordinates: 00°39′50″S 49°09′46″W
Country	Brazil
Region	North
State	Pará
Area
• Total	1,074.854 km^2 (415.003 sq mi)
Elevation	6 m (20 ft)
Population  (2020 [1])
• Total	10,314
• Density	5.2/km^2 (13/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
Postal Code	68850-000

Santa Cruz do Arari is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Pará. Its population as of 2020 is estimated to be 10,314 people. The area of the municipality is 1,074.854 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion Marajó and the microregion of Arari.

In 2010, the mayor was Marcelo José Pamplona Beltrão.^[2] The United Nations HDI, or Human Development Index, score for Santa Cruz do Arari is 0.63.^[3]

Nearby Lake Arari is a large lake located on the island Marajó, which is a tourist attraction and the home of a wide variety of avian life.^[4] The municipality is contained in the 59,985 square kilometres (23,160 sq mi) Marajó Archipelago Environmental Protection Area, a sustainable-use conservation unit established in 1989 to protect the environment of the delta region.^[5]

See also

• List of municipalities in Pará

References

1. IBGE 2020
2. ":: Site Oficial de Santa Cruz do Arari ::". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
3. ":: Site Oficial de Santa Cruz do Arari ::". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
4. ":: Site Oficial de Santa Cruz do Arari ::". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
5. APA Arquipélago do Marajó (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-27