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Almeirim, Pará

Field	Value
official_name	Almeirim
image_skyline	Nossos bosques... - panoramio.jpg
image_flag	Bandeira_Almerim.png
image_map	Para_Municip_Almeirim.svg
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of Almeirim municipality in Pará
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_type2	State
subdivision_name	Brazil
subdivision_name1	Norte
subdivision_name2	Pará
leader_title	Mayor
established_title	Founded
area_total_km2	72960
population_as_of	2020
population_total	34,076
population_density_km2	0.5
timezone	BRT
utc_offset	−3
coordinates
elevation_m	65
blank_name	HDI (2000)
blank_info	0.745 – medium
website	almeirim.pa.gov.br

Almeirim is a city on the Amazon and the northernmost municipality in the Brazilian state of Pará. It is also the fourth largest municipality in that state and the eighth largest in Brazil (by area). The municipality is crossed by the Equator.

History

Almeirim was first inhabited by the Amerindians. Manoel da Mota e Siqueira constructed the Paru Fort which was designated a village in 1758, and named Almerim. In 1835, the Cabanagem Revolt started in Almeirim which resulted in widespread devastation. In 1890, Almeirim became an independent municipality. The Santo Antonio do Jari hydroelectric system is located on the Jari River and provides 373.4 MW of hydro electricity. Construction began in 2011 and was completed in 2014.

Nature

The municipality includes a large part (94.49%) of the 11518 km2 Maicuru Biological Reserve. It also contains part of the Jari Ecological Station.

Transport

The city is served by Almeirim Airport. Serra do Areão Airport located in the district of Monte Dourado 73 km away serves the population residing and working for the Jari project. The city of Laranjal do Jari in Amapá can be reached by ferry from Monte Dourado.

Towns and villages

Aldeia Bona
Monte Dourado
Munguba
Suisuimënë

Notable people

Abuda (1989), footballer.
Joelma (1974), singer.

Gallery

Cachoeira de Panama.JPG|Panama Waterfalls, Paru River Projeto Jari - fabrica (frente).JPG|Cellulose factory, Jari project

References

[https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/pa/almeirim/panorama IBGE 2020]
"Archived copy".
"Almeirim".
(2016). "Phlebotomines (Diptera: Psychodidae) in a Hydroelectric System Affected Area from Northern Amazonian Brazil: Further Insights into the Effects of Environmental Changes on Vector Ecology". Journal of Tropical Medicine.
"Maicuru Reserva Biológica". ISA: Instituto Socioambiental.
Figueiredo, João. (13 March 1984). "DECRETO Nº 89.440, DE 13 DE MARÇO DE 1984". Brazilian Government.
"Balsa que faz travessia de laranjal do Jari para Monte Dourado está quebrada, no AP".
"Abuda".
"Joelma".

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