Almeirim is a city on the
Amazon
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* Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin
* Amazon River, in South America
* Amazon (company), an American multinational technolog ...
and the northernmost municipality in the
Brazil
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ian
state
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of
Pará
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 ...
. 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.
History
Almeirim was first inhabited by the
Amerindians
The Indigenous peoples of the Americas are the inhabitants of the Americas before the arrival of the European settlers in the 15th century, and the ethnic groups who now identify themselves with those peoples.
Many Indigenous peoples of the Am ...
. Manoel da Mota e Siqueira constructed the Paru Fort which was designated a village in 1758, and named Almerim. In 1835, the
Cabanagem
The Cabanagem (; 1835–1840) was a popular revolution and pro-separatist movement that occurred in the then province of Grão-Pará, Empire of Brazil.
Among the causes for this revolt were the extreme poverty of the Paraense people, oppressio ...
Revolt started in Almeirim which resulted in widespread devastation. In 1890, Almeirim became an independent municipality. The Santo Antonio do Jari hydroelectric system is located on the Jari River and provides 373.4 MW of
hydro electricity. Construction began in 2011 and was completed in 2014.
Nature
The municipality includes a large part (94.49%) of the
Maicuru Biological Reserve
The Maicuru Biological Reserve ( pt, Reserva Biológica Maicuru), is a strictly protected biological reserve in the state of Pará, Brazil.
It covers of Amazon rainforest.
Location
The reserve lies between the Maicuru and Jari rivers on the ...
.
It also contains part of the
Jari Ecological Station.
Transport
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
The Jari project was an attempt to create a tropical tree farm in Brazil for producing pulp for paper.
Background
The Jari project was a brainchild of US entrepreneur and billionaire Daniel K. Ludwig. In the 1950s he noticed that demand for pa ...
. The city of
Laranjal do Jari
Laranjal do Jari () (''Jari Orangery'') is a municipality located in the west of the state of Amapá in Brazil. It is the only municipality in the west boundaries of Amapá, except for a small part of Vitória do Jari. Its population is 51,362 an ...
in
Amapá can be reached by ferry from Monte Dourado.
Towns and villages
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Aldeia Bona
*
Monte Dourado
*
Munguba
*
Suisuimënë
Notable people
*
Abuda (1989), footballer.
*
Joelma (1974), singer.
Gallery
Cachoeira de Panama.JPG, Panama Waterfalls, Paru River
The Paru River is a northern tributary of the lower Amazon in Pará state in north-central Brazil.
The river flows through the Uatuma-Trombetas moist forests ecoregion.
Part of the river's basin is in the Maicuru Biological Reserve.
In popular c ...
Projeto Jari - fabrica (frente).JPG, Cellulose factory, Jari project
The Jari project was an attempt to create a tropical tree farm in Brazil for producing pulp for paper.
Background
The Jari project was a brainchild of US entrepreneur and billionaire Daniel K. Ludwig. In the 1950s he noticed that demand for pa ...
References
External links
Official site(in Portuguese)
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Municipalities in Pará
Populated places on the Amazon