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
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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 ...
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 ...
. It is located along the Amazon River in northern Brazil.
Near this area along the Amazon River is the '' Caverna da Pedra Pintada'', an ancient archeological site with numerous rock paintings and pictographs. Excavations at the cave have found evidence of ancient peoples.
Nature
The north of the municipality contains a small part (3.44%) of the
Grão-Pará Ecological Station
The Grão-Pará Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica Grão-Pará is a strictly protected ecological station in the state of Pará, Brazil.
It managed by the state of Pará. With of well-preserved Amazon rainforest it is the largest fully ...
, the largest fully protected tropical forest conservation unit on the planet.
It also includes a small part (5.51%) of the
Maicuru Biological Reserve
The Maicuru Biological Reserve ( pt, Reserva Biológica Maicuru), is a strictly protected biological reserve in the state of Pará, Brazil.
It covers of Amazon rainforest.
Location
The reserve lies between the Maicuru and Jari rivers on the ...
.
The municipality contains roughly half of the
Mulata National Forest
Mulata National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional de Mulata) is a national forest in the state of Pará, Brazil.
Location
The Mulata National Forest has an area of .
It is almost equally divided between the municipalities of Alenquer (49.7%) and ...
, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2001.
It contains all of the fully protected Monte Alegre State Park, created in 2001.
Transportation
The city is served by
Monte Alegre Airport
Monte Alegre Airport , is the airport serving Monte Alegre, Brazil.
Airlines and destinations
Access
The airport is located from downtown Monte Alegre.
See also
*List of airports in Brazil
This is a list of airports in Brazil, sorted b ...
.
Climate
The climate is
tropical savanna
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands is a terrestrial biome defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. The biome is dominated by grass and/or shrubs located in semi-arid to semi-humid climate regions of subtropical and t ...
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* Bernd Köppen (born 1951), German pianist and composer
* Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan
* Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author and ...