Pará (Portuguese pronunciation: [paˈɾa]) is a state in the north o Brazil. It borders the Brazilian states o (clockwise frae north) Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas an Roraima. Tae the northwast it an aw borders Guyana an Suriname, an tae the northeast it borders the Atlantic Ocean. The caipital is Belém.

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Location o State o Pará in Brazil
Coordinates: 5°40′S 52°44′W
Kintra Brazil
Caipital an Lairgest CeetyBelém
Govrenment
  GovrenorSimão Jatene
  Vice GovrenorHelenilson Pontes
Area
  Total1247689.5 km2 (481,735.6 sq mi)
Area rank2nt
Population
 (2010 census)[1]
  Total7,588,078
  Rank9t
  Density6.1/km2 (16/sq mi)
  Density rank21st
Demonym(s)Paraense
GDP
  Year2006 estimate
  TotalR$ 44,376,000,000 (13th)
  Per caipitaR$ 6,241 (22nt)
HDI
  Year2005
  Category0.755 medium (16t)
Time zoneUTC-3 (BRT)
Postal Code
66000-000 to 68890-000
ISO 3166 codeBR-PA
Websitepa.gov.br
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Pará is the maist populous state o the northren region wi a population o ower 6 million. It is the seicont lairgest state o Brazil in aurie, seicont anerlie tae Amazonas (it wis the third till Mato Grosso do Sul brak awa frae Mato Grosso in 1977). Its maist famous icons are the Amazon River an the Amazon Rainforest. Pará produces rubber (extractit frae natural rubber tree groves), tropical hardwoods such as mahogany, an minerals such as iron ore an bauxite.

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