Oriximiná is the westernmost and second-largest (by territorial area) municipality in the

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

ian state of

Pará Pará is a Federative units of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins (state), Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas (Brazilian state) ...

. It is also the fourth-largest in the country.

Location

The city lies on the

Trombetas The Trombetas is a large river on the northern side of the Amazon River. Course The Trombetas is long, and is navigable by 500 ton vessels for a stretch of . The Trombetas river gives birth to very many rivers, including the Anamu river. It is ...

river, northwest of Óbidos. The city is crossed by the

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. Oriximiná is served by

Oriximiná Airport Oriximiná Airport is the airport serving Oriximiná, Brazil. Airlines and destinations Access The airport is located from downtown Oriximiná. See also *List of airports in Brazil This is a list of airports in Brazil, sorted by locatio ...

located from downtown Oriximiná.

Porto Trombetas Airport Porto Trombetas Airport is the airport serving the district of Porto Trombetas in Oriximiná, Brazil. It is operated by the mining company Mineração Rio do Norte S/A. Airlines and destinations Access The airport is located from downtown ...

located in the district of Porto Trombetas away serves the population residing and working for th
Mineração Rio do Norte S/A

Conservation

The north of the municipality contains the larger part (75.89%) of the Grão-Pará Ecological Station, the largest fully protected tropical forest conservation unit on the planet. The municipality also contains the Rio Trombetas Biological Reserve, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 1979 to preserve the ecology and specifically to protect the Arrau turtle. The municipality contains part of the

Saracá-Taquera National Forest The Saracá-Taquera National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional de Saracá-Taquera) is a national forest in the state of Pará, Brazil. Location The Saracá-Taquera National Forest is in the Amazon biome. It has an area of . It covers parts of the ...

, a sustainable-use conservation unit created in 1989. It contains 88% of the

Trombetas State Forest The Trombetas State Forest ( pt, Floresta Estadual do Trombetas) is a state forest in the state of Pará, Brazil. Location The Trombetas State Forest is divided between the municipalities of Oriximiná (87.91%), Óbidos (10.27%) and Alenquer ( ...

, created in 2006.

References

Municipalities in Pará Populated places established in 1877 1877 establishments in Brazil {{Pará-geo-stub