Tanguá

Tanguá
Município de Tanguá
Nickname: 
Capital Pioneira das Telecomunicações
Location of Tanguá in the state of Rio de Janeiro
Tanguá
Location of Tanguá in Brazil
Coordinates: 22°43′48″S 42°42′50″W / 22.73000°S 42.71389°W / -22.73000; -42.71389
Country Brazil
RegionSoutheast
State Rio de Janeiro
Government
 • PrefeitoAnderson 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 zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
Website[1]

Tanguá (Portuguese pronunciation: [tɐ̃ˈgwa]) is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio 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 the Central Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest Mosaic of 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 of Atlantic Forest.[5]

References

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ a b c d Tanguá - RJ, Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), 2011
  3. ^ Tanguá - RJ, Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), 2005, archived from the original on 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, retrieved 2016-10-02
  5. ^ Pereira, Carlos Roberto (23 October 2007), Lei nº. 0633, de 23 de Outubro de 2007 (in Portuguese), retrieved 2016-10-05