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Castanhal

Field	Value
name	Castanhal
official_name	Municipality of Castanhal
native_name
settlement_type	Municipality
image_flag	Bandeira castanhal.png
flag_size	100px
image_seal	Ico brasaocas.jpg
seal_size	80px
image_map	Para Municip Castanhal.svg
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of Castanhal in the State of Pará
pushpin_map	Brazil
pushpin_label_position	bottom
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Brazil
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Brazil
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Northern
subdivision_type2	State
subdivision_name2	Pará
subdivision_type3	Demonym
subdivision_name3	castanhalense
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Paulo Titan
established_title	Founded
established_date	August 15, 1899
established_title1	City Established
established_date1	January 28, 1932
area_total_km2	1,029.91
area_land_km2
population_as_of	2020
population_total	203,251
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	BRT
utc_offset	−3
coordinates
elevation_footnotes	tags--
elevation_m	141
elevation_ft
postal_code_type

Castanhal is a city near the eastern edge of the state of Pará, Northern Brazil. It is located some 65 km east of the state's capital Belém and 50 km inland SE of the Bay of Marajo. It is accessed by car or bus via federal highway BR-316 . The climate is tropical rainforest. With a population around 200,000, it is the fifth largest city in the state.

coordinates: 1° 18′ S, 47° 55′ W

History

Castanhal was officially founded on January, 28th of 1932 (date of certification) and received its name due to the common nut trees (portug: Castanha) around the train station of the Bragança - Belém railway. Workers from the Brazilian Northeast started settling around the station. Local farmers started selling their products at the new market. Though, the new marketplace Castanhal was founded. The Bragança railway was shut down in 1964 and the rails were removed. The government of the state of Pará gave Castanhal the nickname "cidade modelo" (Model Town). In 2004, Pope John Paul II erected the diocese of Castanhal, which is subordinated as a suffragan diocese to the archdiocese of Belém, Pará.

Education

Castanhal has become a regional center for education in the state of Pará. The educational level is well above the national average. There are eight secondary schools and three universities:

Federal University of Pará, UFPA. Faculties of veterinary medicine, mathematics, sports, literature, pedagogy, computer science.
University of Pará Uepa: mechanical engineering, agriculture, agricultural technology, physics, biology, pedagogy.
FCAT Castanhal College. Agronomy faculties, business administration and marketing, computer science, pedagogy, history, biology.

Economy

Due to its convenient geographic location, Castanhal has become an important trading spot for food and agricultural products (cereals, corn, maniok, pepper, palm oil), affecting the entire Northeastern part of the state and beyond.

Likewise Castanhal is becoming a hot spot for technology.

There are energy companies, specialized in high-voltage and high tech well drilling. Further, there is a factory producing work boots for food industry as well as an industry producing metallurgical equipment for mining companies.

References

[https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/pa/castanhal/panorama IBGE 2020]
[http://www.campuscastanhal.ufpa.br/ ''UFPA'']. Website UFPA. seen 15. Juli 2011.
[http://www.uepa.br/portal/institucional/interiorizacao.php/ ''UEPA''] {{webarchive. link. (2011-05-11 . Website UEPA. seen 15. Juli 2011.)
[http://www.fcat.com.br/ ''FCAT''] {{webarchive. link. (2011-08-18 . Website FCAT. seen 15. Juli 2011.)
Edivaldo MENDES: [http://www.orm.com.br/projetos/oliberal/interna/default.asp?modulo=250&codigo=457801 ''Castanhal joga tudo na qualificação'']. In: ''[[Oliberal]]'', 21. Februar 2011. seen 15. Juli 2011.

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