The Federal University of Western Pará ( pt, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, UFOPA) is a public university in the 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) ...
, in northern Brazil.
UFOPA was founded in 1970 as ''Núcleo de Educação em Santarém'' (NES), and was renamed UFOPA in 2009. It has an annual budget of 90 million real, and has over 400 faculty and over 10,000 students.
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Educational institutions established in 1970
Universities and colleges in Pará
1970 establishments in Brazil
Para
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