Mucajaí

Mucajaí

Mucajaí

Municipality in North, Brazil

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.[2]

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Mucajaí started as Colônia Agrícola Fernando Costa, an agricultural colony, in 1951. In 1980, Apiaú, a larger scale colony, was nearby.[3] In 1982, it became an independent municipality and renamed Mucajaí.[4]

The municipality contains part of the Roraima National Forest.[5] 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.[6]

Sports

The local football club is Atlético Progresso Clube.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    IBGE 2020
  2. [2]
    "IBGE | Cidades | Roraima | Mucajaí". cidades.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  3. [3]
    "História do Município". Municipality of Mucajaí (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Mucajaí". IBGE (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  5. [5]
    Características da UC (in Portuguese), ICMBio, retrieved 2016-05-19
  6. [6]
    "Xenofobia em RR, moradores expulsam venezuelanos de prédio abandonado e ateiam fogo a seus pertences". ESQUERDA DIÁRIO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  7. [7]
    "Progresso retorna ao Estadual após nove anos de fora das competições". Globo Sporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 April 2021.
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