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Municipality in Northern, Brazil From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Parauapebas is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Parauapebas | |
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Municipality | |
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] | |
Coordinates: 6°4′04″S 49°54′07″W | |
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 |
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.
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.
Parauapebas Futebol Clube is the municipality's soccer club.
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