Almeirim, Pará

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.

Almeirim
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Location of Almeirim municipality in Pará
Coordinates: 01°31′22″S 52°34′55″W
Country	Brazil
Region	Norte
State	Pará
Area
• Total	72,960.274 km^2 (28,170.119 sq mi)
Elevation	65 m (213 ft)
Population  (2008)
• Total	31,475
• Density	0.5/km^2 (1/sq mi)
	[1]
HDI (2000)	0.745 – medium[2]

The municipality includes a large part (94.49%) of the 11,518 square kilometres (4,447 sq mi) Maicuru Biological Reserve.[3] It also contains part of the Jari Ecological Station.[4] 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.

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  Panama Waterfalls, Paru River
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  Cellulose factory, Jari project

References

1. IBGE 2008 statistics
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2009-12-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - UNDP
3. Maicuru Reserva Biológica (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-05-14
4. Figueiredo, João (13 March 1984), "DECRETO Nº 89.440, DE 13 DE MARÇO DE 1984", Brazilian Federal Senate (in Portuguese), Brazilian Government, retrieved 10 March 2016