Mucajaí
Mucajaí (Portuguese pronunciation: [mukɐʒaˈi]) is a municipality located in the midwest of the state of Roraima in Brazil. Its population is 18,172 (2020) and its area is 12,461 km².
Mucajaí started as Colônia Agrícola Fernando Costa, an agricultural colony, in 1951. In 1980, Apiaú, a larger scale colony, was nearby. In 1982, it became an independent municipality and renamed Mucajaí.
The municipality contains part of the Roraima National Forest. In 2018, a mob attacked and expelled about 300 Venezuelan exiles after a local resident of Mucajaí was killed in a fight with a Venezuelan.
Sports
The local football club is Atlético Progresso Clube.
References
- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ "IBGE | Cidades | Roraima | Mucajaí". cidades.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
- ^ "História do Município". Municipality of Mucajaí (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ "Mucajaí". IBGE (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ Características da UC (in Portuguese), ICMBio, retrieved 2016-05-19
- ^ "Xenofobia em RR, moradores expulsam venezuelanos de prédio abandonado e ateiam fogo a seus pertences". ESQUERDA DIÁRIO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ "Progresso retorna ao Estadual após nove anos de fora das competições". Globo Sporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 April 2021.
External links
- Official website (in Portuguese)
Media related to Mucajaí at Wikimedia Commons
Capital: Boa Vista | ||
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