Óbidos is a

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located at the narrowest and swiftest part of the Amazon River. The town was founded in 1697, and is located between Santarém and

Oriximiná Oriximiná is the westernmost and second-largest (by territorial area) municipality in the Brazilian state of Pará. It is also the fourth-largest in the country. Geography The city lies on the Trombetas river, northwest of Óbidos. The city ...

. It is the seat of the Diocese of Óbidos. The town was named after

Óbidos, Portugal Óbidos (; ) is a List of towns in Portugal, town and a municipality in the Oeste Subregion, Oeste region, historical province of Estremadura Province (1936–1976), Estremadura and the Leiria district. The town proper has approximately 3,100 inh ...

Conservation

The north of the municipality contains part (7.36%) of the

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, the largest fully protected tropical forest conservation unit on the planet. It contains 10% of the

Trombetas State Forest The Trombetas State Forest () is a state forest in the state of Pará, Brazil. Location The Trombetas State Forest is divided between the municipalities of Oriximiná (87.91%), Óbidos (10.27%) and Alenquer (1.82%) in the state of Pará. It has ...

, created in 2006.

Transportation

Óbidos is served by

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''Sobral Santos II'' disaster

Óbidos, Pará, in Brazil, was the scene of the sinking of in September 1981, one of the worst maritime tragedies in the history of the Amazon River. The riverboat was making its weekly trip between Santarém and

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and was claimed to be overcrowded when it sank in Óbidos harbour. It is assumed over 300 people died in the disaster, with hundreds of bodies and body parts never identified.

Villages

* Missão Tiriyó

Climate

The climate is tropical monsoon (

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: ''Am''), with great differences in precipitation according to the seasons.

Notable people

José Veríssimo José Veríssimo Dias de Matos (8 April 1857 – 2 December 1916) was a writer, educator, journalist, literary critic, and founding member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. Biography José Veríssimo was born in Óbidos, Pará, the son of Jos ...

— Writer

Conservation

Transportation

''Sobral Santos II'' disaster

Villages

Climate

Notable people

See also

References

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