Soure is a Brazilian municipality located in the northern state of
Pará, on the island of
Marajó, which is located in the
Amazon River
The Amazon River (, ; es, Río Amazonas, pt, Rio Amazonas) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and the disputed longest river system in the world in comparison to the Nile.
The headwaters of t ...
at its mouth. Its population as of 2020 is estimated to be 25,565 people. The area of the municipality is 3,512.863 km
2. The city belongs to the mesoregion
Marajó and to the microregion of ''Arari''.
The municipality is contained in the
Marajó Archipelago Environmental Protection Area, a sustainable use conservation unit established in 1989 to protect the environment of the delta region.
It contains the
Soure Marine Extractive Reserve, a sustainable use conservation area created in 2001 that protects the coastal mangroves to the north of the municipal seat and along the north part of the
Paracauari River
The Paracauari River ( pt, Rio Paracauari) is a river on the island of Marajó in the state of Pará, Brazil.
It discharges into the Marajó Bay
The Marajó Bay, or Marajoara gulf and Amazon gulf, is an recessed body of water of the Brazilian ...
.
Notable People from Soure, Pará
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Ildemar Alcântara,
Brazilian mixed martial artist, former
UFC fighter and younger brother of
Iuri Alcântara.
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Iuri Alcântara,
Brazilian mixed martial artist,
UFC fighter and older brother of
Ildemar Alcântara.
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Deiveson Figueiredo,
Brazilian mixed martial artist,
UFC fighter, former two-time
UFC Flyweight Champion.
Climate
Soure has a
tropical monsoon climate (
Köppen: ''Am''), with different amounts of precipitation depending on the season.
References
Municipalities in Pará
Populated coastal places in Pará
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