Breves | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Name1: | North |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Toninho Barbosa |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | November 19, 1738 |
Established Title2: | Emancipation |
Established Date2: | October 25, 1851 |
Area Total Km2: | 9550.454 |
Elevation M: | 40 |
Population As Of: | 2020 est.[1] |
Population Total: | 103,497 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | -1.6819°N -50.48°W |
Timezone: | BRT |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Postal Code: | 68800-000 |
Website: | http://www.breves.pa.gov.br |
Breves is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Pará, on the island of Marajó. Its population is estimated to be 103,497 people. The area of the municipality is 9,550.454 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion Marajó and to the microregion of Furos de Breves.
The municipality is contained in the Marajó Archipelago Environmental Protection Area, a sustainable use conservation unit established in 1989 to protect the environment of the delta region.It contains the Mapuá Extractive Reserve, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2005.
The city is served by Breves Airport.
The climate is tropical rainforest or equatorial (Köppen: Af) with high rainfall and high temperature all year round.[2]