Pará

Also known as Para, PA, Para State

Pará (, ; ) is a state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest are the borders of Guyana and Suriname, to the northeast of Pará is the Atlantic Ocean. The capital and largest city is Belém, which is located at the Marajó bay, near the estuary of the Amazon river. The state, which is home to 4.1% of the Brazilian population, is responsible for just 2.2% of the Brazilian GDP.

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Pará is a state in northern Brazil that encompasses much of the lower Amazon River and shares borders with multiple Brazilian states as well as Guyana and Suriname. Although it is home to about 4.1% of Brazil's population, the state contributes only 2.2% of the country's economic output, with its capital and largest city being Belém, situated near the Amazon River's estuary.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Pará
Settlement.settlement_type: State
Settlement.image_flag: Bandeira do Pará.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 125px
Settlement.image_shield: Brasão do Pará.svg
Settlement.motto: "Let us progress under the law"
Settlement.image_map: Para in Brazil.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location in Brazil
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Brazil
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2: North
Settlement.seat_type: Capital and largest city
Settlement.seat: Belém
Settlement.leader_title: Governor
Settlement.leader_name: Helder Barbalho (MDB)
Settlement.leader_title1: Vice Governor
Settlement.leader_name1: Hana Ghassan (MDB)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: federative unit of Brazil
Part of: North Region
Official name: Pará
Demonym: paraense
Country: Brazil
Located in: Brazil
Contains: Trairão
Capital: Belém
Population: 8120131
Area: 1245870.7
Elevation: 175
Time zone: UTC−03:00
Head of government: Helder Barbalho
Shares border with: Sipaliwini District
Official website: www.pa.gov.br
Image: Flona Tapajós, Pará, Brasil by Marizilda Cruppe - Rede Amazônia Sustantável (6) - 50404922503.jpg
Flag: flag of Pará

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language used: Guajá
Commons category: Pará
topic's main category: Category:Pará
inception: 1889-00-00
category for people born here: Category:Births in Pará
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Pará
category of associated people: Category:People from Pará
Commons gallery: Pará
owner of: Estádio Estadual Jornalista Edgar Augusto Proença
short name: PA
literacy rate: 94
social media followers: 282068
Human Development Index: 0.719
electorate: 5661038
P12749: Stipa pennata

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Encyclopedic overview

26 sections

Contents

Etymology
History
Prior to European Arrival
Formation of Grão-Pará and Maranhão
Cabanagem
Rubber cycle and mineral extraction
Geography
Climate
Vegetation
Political subdivisions
Demographics
Ethnic groups
Largest cities
Education
Educational institutions
Economy
Infrastructure
Airports
Port
Sports
Stadiums
Flag
In popular culture
See also
References
External links

Pará is the most populous state of the North Region, with a population of over 8.6 million, being the ninth-most populous state in Brazil. It is the second-largest state of Brazil in area, at , second only to Amazonas upriver. Its most famous icons are the Amazon River and the Amazon rainforest. Pará produces rubber (extracted from rubber tree groves), cassava, açaí, pineapple, cocoa, black pepper, coconut, banana, tropical hardwoods such as mahogany, and minerals such as iron ore and bauxite. A new commodity crop is soy, cultivated in the region of Santarém.

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