Mucajaí
Mucajaí | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location in Roraima state | |
Mucajaí Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 2°26′40″N 60°55′10″W / 2.44444°N 60.91944°W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | North |
| State | Roraima |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Eronildes Aparecida Gonçalves (PR) |
| Area | |
• Total | 12,461 km2 (4,811 sq mi) |
| Population (2022 ) | |
• Total | 18,095 |
| • Density | 1.4521/km2 (3.7610/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AMT) |
| Website | mucajai.rr.gov.br |
Mucajaí (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [mukɐʒaˈi]) is a municipality located in the midwest of the state of Roraima in Brazil. Its population is 18,172 (2020) and its area is 12,461 km2.
Mucajaí started as Colônia Agrícola Fernando Costa, an agricultural colony, in 1951. In 1980, Apiaú, a larger scale colony, was nearby. In 1982, it became an independent municipality and renamed Mucajaí.
The municipality contains part of the Roraima National Forest. In 2018, a mob attacked and expelled about 300 Venezuelan exiles after a local resident of Mucajaí was killed in a fight with a Venezuelan.