Pará
Sign in to savePará (, ; ) is a state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest are the borders of Guyana and Suriname, to the northeast of Pará is the Atlantic Ocean. The capital and largest city is Belém, which is located at the Marajó bay, near the estuary of the Amazon river. The state, which is home to 4.1% of the Brazilian population, is responsible for just 2.2% of the Brazilian GDP.
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Pará is a state in northern Brazil that encompasses much of the lower Amazon River and shares borders with multiple Brazilian states as well as Guyana and Suriname. Although it is home to about 4.1% of Brazil's population, the state contributes only 2.2% of the country's economic output, with its capital and largest city being Belém, situated near the Amazon River's estuary.
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Key facts
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- Pará
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- State
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- 125px
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- "Let us progress under the law"
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- Location in Brazil
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- Brazil
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- North
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26 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Prior to European Arrival
- Formation of Grão-Pará and Maranhão
- Cabanagem
- Rubber cycle and mineral extraction
- Geography
- Climate
- Vegetation
- Political subdivisions
- Demographics
- Ethnic groups
- Largest cities
- Education
- Educational institutions
- Economy
- Infrastructure
- Airports
- Port
- Sports
- Stadiums
- Flag
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
- External links
Pará (, ; ) is a state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest are the borders of Guyana and Suriname, to the northeast of Pará is the Atlantic Ocean. The capital and largest city is Belém, which is located at the Marajó bay, near the estuary of the Amazon river. The state, which is home to 4.1% of the Brazilian population, is responsible for just 2.2% of the Brazilian GDP.
Pará is the most populous state of the North Region, with a population of over 8.6 million, being the ninth-most populous state in Brazil. It is the second-largest state of Brazil in area, at , second only to Amazonas upriver. Its most famous icons are the Amazon River and the Amazon rainforest. Pará produces rubber (extracted from rubber tree groves), cassava, açaí, pineapple, cocoa, black pepper, coconut, banana, tropical hardwoods such as mahogany, and minerals such as iron ore and bauxite. A new commodity crop is soy, cultivated in the region of Santarém.