Parauapebas
Parauapebas | |
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Municipality | |
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| Nickname(s): "Pebas" "Cidade dos Paraensses" [Town of the people from Pará] (even though it is in Pará: a town of immigrants) | |
| Motto(s): Vis et Labore "Força e Trabalho" [Strength and Work] | |
 Location of Parauapebas in the State of Pará | |
  Parauapebas Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 6°4′04″S 49°54′07″W / 6.06778°S 49.90194°W / -6.06778; -49.90194 | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Northern |
| State | Pará |
| Mesoregion | Sudeste Paraense |
| Microregion | Parauapebas |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Darci José Lermen (MDB |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,658.780 sq mi (6,886.208 km2) |
| Population (2020 [1]) | |
| • Total | 213,576 |
| • Density | 80/sq mi (31/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| Postal Code (CEP) | 68515-000 |
| Area code | +55 94 |
| Website | Official website |
Parauapebas is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Geography
To the north is the municipality of Marabá; to the east, Curionópolis; to the south-east, Canaã dos Carajás; to the south, Água Azul do Norte; to the south-west, Ourilândia do Norte, and to the west, São Félix do Xingu.
The municipality contains part of the Tapirapé-Aquiri National Forest, a 196,504 hectares (485,570 acres) sustainable use conservation unit created in 1989.[7] It contains 68.9% of the Carajás National Forest, a 411,949 hectares (1,017,950 acres) sustainable use conservation unit created in 1998 that includes mining operations in a huge deposit of high-grade iron ore.[8] Carajás Mine is located in the boundaries of the municipality.
Transport
There are direct road connections with Marabá to the north-east, Curionópolis to the east, and Canaã dos Carajás to the south.
One of Brazil's only inter-city rail services (Carajás Railway) is operated by rail freight operator Vale and links São Luís with Parauapebas, which carried 330,000 passengers in 2019.[9]
The municipality is served by Carajás Airport.
Sport
Parauapebas Futebol Clube is the municipality's soccer club.
See also
References
- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ "Divisão Territorial do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ "Swallowing Rain Forest, Cities Surge in Amazon". New York Times. 2012-11-24. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
- ^ FLONA do Tapirapé-Aquiri (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-05-30
- ^ FLONA de Carajás (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-05-30
- ^ "Brazilian passenger rail revival agreement". Railway Gazette International. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
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