Parintins

Parintins
Parintins
	Municipality
Municipality of Parintins
	The Square of The Sacred Heart of Jesus (Praca Sagrado Coração de Jesus) in Centro area The Square of The Sacred Heart of Jesus (Praca Sagrado Coração de Jesus) in Centro area
Flag of Parintins; Flag	Official seal of Parintins; Seal
	Nickname(s): Capital Mundial do Folclore (Folklore Capital of the World in Portuguese)
	Location in Amazonas; Location in Amazonas
	Parintins Location in Brazil
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Country	Brazil
Region	North
State	Amazonas
Founded	October 15, 1852
Government
• Mayor	Carlos Alexandre da Carbrás (PSD)
Area
• Total	5,952.333 km2 (2,298.209 sq mi)
Elevation	27 m (89 ft)
Population (2014)
• Total	110,411
• Density	19/km2 (48/sq mi)
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	DST no longer used (UTC-4)
Demonym	parintinense

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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]