Icoaraci

Icoaraci
Administrative District of Icoaraci
Icoaraci waterfront
Icoaraci waterfront
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Country Brazil
RegionNorth
State Pará
CityBelém
FoundedOctober 8, 1869[2]
Population
 • Total200,000[1]

Icoaraci is one of the eight districts in which the municipality of Belém, capital of the state of Pará, in Brazil, is divided. It is located approximately 20 km from the center of the state capital and has around 200,000[3] inhabitants, according to the IBGE. It is situated near the Outeiro island, which can be accessed by boat at the port of 7th street or by a bridge. In Icoaraci you can also take daily ferries to Marajó Island and boats to Cotijuba Island, which can only be reached this way.[4][5]

The district center comprises the neighborhoods Águas Negras, Agulha, Campina de Icoaraci, Cruzeiro, Maracacuera, Paracuri, Parque Guajará, Xiteua, Recanto Verde, COHAB, Ponta Grossa, Pratinha, and several residential areas. It has a Human Development Index (HDI) lower than many African countries and regions at war, such as Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq.

Its original nucleus, from which it expanded, retains the terms travessas (English: lane) and ruas (English: streets), the latter called daily in the order of their foundation: 1st, 2nd, and so on until it reaches 7th street.[6]

  1. ^ "ESTUDO DAS ÁREAS VERDES E INDICE DE COBERTURA VEGETAL DO DISTRITO ADMINISTRATIVO DE ICOARACI – DAICO, BELÉM-PA" (PDF). Revista Geonorte. 2012-07-14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
  2. ^ "Aniversário de 140 anos de Icoaraci tem cultura e cidadania". Portal ORM. 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
  3. ^ RedePará. "Distrito de Icoaraci completa 150 anos e moradores celebram as belezas do local". REDEPARÁ. Retrieved 2012-01-22.
  4. ^ "Revisão do Plano Diretor do Município de Belém". Belém City Hall. 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
  5. ^ "DISTRITOS ADMINISTRATIVOS DO MUNICÍPIO DE BELÉM" (PDF). Belém City Hall. 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
  6. ^ "Icoaraci: as primeiras ruas". Icoaraci Online. 2012-07-14. Archived from the original on 2010-09-05. Retrieved 2012-07-14.