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Metrópole da Amazônia (in English: Metropolis of the Amazon) is a conservation unit of the
wildlife refuge A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological or ...
type of integral protection (in Brazil abbreviated REVIS) created in 2010 (by State Decree 2 211), in the Metropolitan Region of
Belém Belém (; Portuguese for Bethlehem; initially called Nossa Senhora de Belém do Grão-Pará, in English Our Lady of Bethlehem of Great Pará) often called Belém of Pará, is a Brazilian city, capital and largest city of the state of Pará in t ...
(State 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 ...
, Brazil), from the capital of Belém. It is in the former Pirelli factory in The Guamá Farm, next to the Quilombola Territory of Abacatal, in an area of , covering four Brazilian municipalities in the state of Pará: Ananindeua, Benevides, Marituba and
Santa Isabel do Pará Santa Isabel do Pará is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin Ame ...
. The refuge is part of the AgroVárzea Project, having as main objectives: to contribute to the maintenance of natural ecological processes, through the protection of environments to ensure conditions for housing and reproduction of species of flora and fauna (part of the 31% of primary forest of the Metropolitan Region); develop productive techniques in the Forest Nursery of the communities. It features of hiking and cycling trails.


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{{coord missing, Brazil Protected areas of Pará Belém Protected areas established in 2010 2010 establishments in Brazil