Matureia
Municipality
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Official seal of Matureia
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Country Brazil
RegionNortheast
StateParaíba
MesoregionSertao Paraibana
Area
 • Total32.322 sq mi (83.714 km2)
Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total6,630
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)

Matureia (formerly Maturéia) is a municipality in the state of Paraíba in the Northeast Region of Brazil. The city is located in the Teixeira ridge region at an altitude of 860 meters (2,674 ft)[2][3][4][5]

The municipality contains the larger part of the 500 hectares (1,200 acres) Pico do Jabre State Park, created in 1992.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ IBGE 2020
  2. ↑ "Divisão Territorial do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  6. ↑ Ramalho, A.M.C.; Oliveira, C.A.A.; Morais, P.S.A.; Costa, S.O.P. (2009), "Impactos ambientais culturais e estéticos no Parque Estadual do Pico do Jabre, Matureia (PB)", Revista Brasileira de Ecoturismo (in Portuguese), São Paulo, 2 (1): 39, retrieved 2017-01-11

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