Melgaço is a Brazilian municipality in the 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 ...
. It stands at an altitude of 12 meters. Its population was estimated in 2020 at 27,890 inhabitants, according to the
IBGE
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics ( pt, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística; IBGE) is the agency responsible for official collection of statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information ...
.
It is located 290 km, in a straight line, from the capital of the state. It borders
Portel,
Breves,
Bagre,
Gurupá and
Porto de Moz.
The hymn and seal of the municipality were composed by Francisco de Oliveira e Souza.
The Estação Científica Ferreira Pena (Ferreira Pena Science Station) is located in the rural area of Melgaço, on a river named Curuá, a tributary of the
Caxiuanã.
References
Municipalities in Pará
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