Marapanim is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
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 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 America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
.
The municipality is on the left (west) bank of the
Marapanim River
The Marapanim River ( pt, Rio Marapanim) is a river of the state of Pará, Brazil.
Course
The Marapanim River rises in the municipality of São Francisco do Pará.
It flows in a generally north direction, and enters the Atlantic Ocean just past M ...
.
It contains the
Mestre Lucindo Marine Extractive Reserve, created in 2014.
See also
*
List of municipalities in Pará
References
Municipalities in Pará
Populated coastal places in Pará
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