Prefeitura Municipal Areia de Baraúnas

What Prefeitura Municipal Areia de Baraúnas does

Prefeitura Municipal de Areia de Baraúnas is a municipal government entity (Autarquia Municipal) located in the Sertão Paraibano region of Paraíba state, Brazil, within the Metropolitan Region of Patos. The municipality was elevated from district to city status on April 29, 1994 (Lei Estadual nº 5.923), having previously been a district of Passagem since 1916. It covers a territorial area of 96.342 km² and serves an estimated population of approximately 1,927 inhabitants (IBGE 2010), located 230 km from the state capital João Pessoa via BR 230. The municipality borders São Mamede, Santa Luzia, Taperoá, Cacimba, Salgadinho, Passagem, and Quixaba. Its economy is focused on the primary sector, principally agriculture, and the territory is watered by Rio da Farinha with reservoirs including Açude Anis, Barragem do Caudaloso, Açude da Onça, and Açude do Agreste.

The municipality delivers public services through 17 secretariats covering Administration, Agriculture, Social Assistance, Culture and Tourism, Education, Sports, Finance, Infrastructure and Urbanism, Environment, Health, Transport, Internal Control, Public Works, Ouvidoria, Procuradoria Geral, Tesouraria, and Gabinete. Its core technology is a digital citizen services stack including the Portal da Transparência (transparency portal), e-SIC (electronic citizen information service under LAI Law 12.527/2011), Ouvidoria Municipal (citizen complaint channel integrated with federal Fala.br), Portal de Serviços offering 70+ municipal services (Lei 13.460/17), electronic official gazette (Jornal Oficial Eletrônico), online payslip system (Contracheque Online), electronic invoicing (Nota Fiscal Eletrônica), and VLibras accessibility integration for Brazilian Sign Language. The entity is LGPD-compliant and integrates with the Radar da Transparência monitoring platform and the Sistema de Transparência Fiscal.

The business model is that of a public-sector municipal government: funded by taxes and intergovernmental transfers, with no commercial pricing, no customer revenue, and no private equity or venture capital ownership. Current leadership consists of Mayor Antônio Gerônimo Duarte Macedo (Toinho Macedo), re-elected in 2024 with 60.07% of the vote, and Vice-Mayor Rosicleide Porfirio da Silva Alves. The municipal workforce comprises 27 employees serving the defined citizen population across all secretariats.

Name

Prefeitura Municipal Areia de Baraúnas

Legal name

Prefeitura Municipal de Areia de Baraúnas

Website

https://areiadebaraunas.pb.gov.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Prefeitura Municipal de Areia de Baraúnas is a municipal government in Paraíba, Brazil, delivering public services across 17 secretariats to approximately 1,927 residents through a digital transparency and citizen service platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Other General Government Support (921190), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (925)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Housing & Neighborhood Services (Local Housing Programs) (BPAIACAJ)

Keywords

• Municipal public services
• Public administration
• Government transparency portal
• Citizen services platform
• Municipal healthcare education

Headquarters

HQ city

Areia de Baraúnas

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Prefeitura Municipal de Areia de Baraúnas is a Brazilian municipal government entity that delivers essential public services to approximately 1,927 residents of the Areia de Baraúnas municipality in the Sertão Paraibano region. Its core offerings include public healthcare, education, social assistance, infrastructure maintenance (road repair, paving), agricultural support, cultural and sports programs, and environmental preservation, delivered through 17 municipal secretariats and supported by digital transparency and citizen-service portals.

Product overview

Prefeitura Municipal de Areia de Baraúnas operates a suite of digital citizen services centered around its government transparency and public service delivery platform. The core portfolio consists of the Portal da Transparência (Transparency Portal) for fiscal and administrative transparency, the e-SIC for formal information requests under Brazil's Access to Information Law, the Ouvidoria Municipal for citizen complaints and feedback, and a comprehensive Portal de Serviços offering 70+ municipal services. Supporting these are the electronic official journal (Jornal Oficial), online payslip portal for municipal employees, electronic invoicing, and citizen-facing FAQ and finance glossary tools. All services are delivered through the municipal websiteareiadebaraunas.pb.gov.br and integrate with the federal Fala.br platform for the Ouvidoria channel.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Portal da Transparência Digital transparency portal providing public access to municipal financial data, budgets, revenues, expenses, contracts, bidding processes, fiscal reports, and public servant salary information for citizens.

Quantifiable outcome

• Free castration services for pets
• +2 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Governo Federal do Brasil: Federal government operator of FPM transfers, LAI/LGPD frameworks, Fala.br Ouvidoria platform, and VLibras accessibility tool — all integrated into the municipality's service delivery model.
• Governo do Estado da Paraíba: State-level government authority that channels FPM-style transfers, convênios, and the Orçamento Democrático Estadual that funds and shapes municipal capacity in Areia de Baraúnas.

Direct peers

• Prefeitura Municipal de Salgadinho: Listed as a border municipality with Areia de Baraúnas in the Metropolitan Region of Patos, operating a comparable small-municipality governance and service-delivery model.
• Prefeitura Municipal de Passagem: Neighboring Paraíba municipality in the Sertão Paraibano; was the parent municipality of Areia de Baraúnas until the 1994 emancipation, making it a direct structural and functional comparator in scale and service scope.
• Prefeitura Municipal de Cacimba de Areia: Small neighboring Paraíba municipality in the same micro-region with directly comparable municipal service-delivery scale.
• Prefeitura Municipal de Quixaba: Neighboring Paraíba municipality identified as bordering Areia de Baraúnas, with similar population scale and service scope.
• Prefeitura Municipal de Santa Luzia: Border municipality in the Sertão Paraibano with directly comparable economic and governance profile, though somewhat larger in population.
• Prefeitura Municipal de São Mamede: Neighboring Paraíba municipality sharing the Sertão Paraibano context and similar small-population service profile.
• Prefeitura Municipal de Taperoá: Adjacent Paraíba municipality with comparable semi-arid Sertão conditions and small-population administrative profile.

Others

• Elmar Tecnologia: Technology vendor that powers the municipality's Nota Fiscal Eletrônica, transparency portal, and online payslip infrastructure — an enabling ecosystem participant rather than a direct comparable.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/areiadebaraunas
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/prefeitura-municipal-areia-de-bara%C3%BAnas

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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