Parintins

Parintins
Municipality
Municipality of Parintins
The Square of The Sacred Heart of Jesus (Praca Sagrado Coração de Jesus) in Centro area
Flag Seal
Nickname(s): Capital Mundial do Folclore (Folklore Capital of the World in Portuguese)
Location in Amazonas
Parintins Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 02°37′40″S 56°44′09″W / 2.62778°S 56.73583°WCoordinates: 02°37′40″S 56°44′09″W / 2.62778°S 56.73583°W
Country	Brazil
Region	North
State	Amazonas
Founded	October 15, 1852
Government
• Mayor	Carlos Alexandre da Carbrás (PSD)
Area
• Total	5,952.333 km^2 (2,298.209 sq mi)
Elevation	27 m (89 ft)
Population (2014)
• Total	110,411
• Density	19/km^2 (48/sq mi)
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	DST no longer used (UTC-4)
Demonym	parintinense

Parintins is a municipality in the far east of the Amazonas state, Brazil. It is part of a microregion also named Parintins. The population for the entire municipality was 109,150 (2005) and its area is 5,952 km².^[1] The city is located on Tupinambarana island in the Amazon River. Parintins is known for a popular folklore festival held there each June called Boi-Bumbá. It also was the site of an experimental deployment of WiMAX, sponsored by Intel, in late 2006.^[2]

It is served by Júlio Belém Airport.

Sister cities

• - Olinda, Brazil
• - Nairobi, Kenya
• - Montgomery, USA
• - Istanbul, Turkey
• - Luxor, Egypt

Notes

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2. Kanellos, Michael (2006-09-20). "Intel builds Internet city on Amazon island". CNET News.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2006-09-21.