Parintins

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Parintins
Municipality
Municipality of Parintins
Clockwise: Aerial view of Parintins ; Bulls Garantido (red) and Caprichoso (blue), main characters of Parintins folklore; River port of city.
Flag Seal
Nickname:  Capital Mundial do Folclore (Folklore Capital of the World in Portuguese)
Location in Amazonas
Parintins Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 02°37′40″S 56°44′09″W / 2.62778°S 56.73583°W / -2.62778; -56.73583
Country	Brazil
Region	North
State	Amazonas
Founded	15 October 1852; 172 years ago (1852-10-15)
Government
• Mayor	Frank Luiz da Cunha Garcia (PSDB)
Area
• Total	5,952.333 km2 (2,298.209 sq mi)
Elevation	27 m (89 ft)
Population  (2020[1])
• Total	115,363
• Density	19/km2 (50/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−4 (AMT)
Postal code	69150-000
Area code	+55 92
Demonym	parintinense

Parintins is a municipality in the far east of the Amazonas state of Brazil. It is part of a microregion also named Parintins. The population for the entire municipality was 115,363 (IBGE 2020) and its area is 5,952 km².^[2] The city is located on Tupinambarana island in the Amazon River. Parintins is known for the Parintins Folklore Festival, a popular festival held there each June and depicting Boi-Bumbá. It was also the site of an experimental deployment of WiMAX, sponsored by Intel, in late 2006.^[3]