Cutias
Cutias | |
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| Cutias do Araguari Município de Cutias do Araguari (Portuguese) | |
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Cutias do Araguari in the state of Amapá | |
Cutias | |
| Coordinates: 00°59′09″N 50°48′07″W / 0.98583°N 50.80194°W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | North |
| State | Amapá |
| Established | 1 May 1992 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Raimundo Barbosa Amanajás Filho (PROS) |
| Area | |
| • Land | 2,115 km2 (817 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 6 m (20 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 6,101 |
| • Density | 2.885/km2 (7.471/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
Cutias, formally known as Cutias do Araguari (Brazilian Portuguese: [kuˈtʃi.ɐz du aɾɐɡwaˈɾi]), is a municipality located in the southeast of the state of Amapá in Brazil. Its population is 6,101 and its area is 2,115 square kilometres (817 mi2). The name of the municipality comes from a rodent of the same name, known in English as the agouti. Cutias do Araguari was elevated to the level of municipality on 1 May 1992.