Melgaço, Pará
Melgaço | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
| Coordinates: 01°48′14″S 50°42′43″W / 1.80389°S 50.71194°W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| State | Pará |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jose Maria Rodrigues Viegas (PSDB) |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,773.975 km2 (2,615.446 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 12 m (39 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 27,881 |
| • Density | 4.1/km2 (11/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| HDI | 0.588 |
| GDP | R$ 37,559,000 |
| GDP per capita | R$1.493,00 |
Melgaço is a municipality in the state of Pará in the North Region of Brazil. With an area of 6,772.764 square kilometers (2,614.979 sq mi), of which 1.7177 square kilometres (0.6632 sq mi) is urban, it is located 173 km from Belém, the state capital, and 1,503 km from Brasília, the federal capital. Its population in the 2022 demographic census was 27,881 inhabitants, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), ranking as the 77th most populous municipality in the state of Pará. Melgaço ranked lowest among all Brazilian municipalities in the Human Development Index (HDI-M) published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 2010.