Alenquer is a
municipality
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in the
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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 a ...
in the
Northern region of
Brazil
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.
The town is located on the northern bank of the
Amazon River, roughly across from the city of
Santarém.
The city is served by
Alenquer Airport
Alenquer Airport , is the airport serving Alenquer, Brazil.
Airlines and destinations
No scheduled flights operate at this airport.
Access
The airport is located from downtown Alenquer.
See also
*List of airports in Brazil
This is a list o ...
.
Conservation
The municipality contains roughly half of the
Mulata National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2001.
The north of the municipality contains part (13.31%) of the
Grão-Pará Ecological Station, the largest fully protected tropical forest conservation unit on the planet.
It contains 2% of the
Trombetas State Forest
The Trombetas State Forest ( pt, Floresta Estadual do Trombetas) 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 ...
, created in 2006.
Notable people
*
Delival Nobre (b. 1948), sports shooter
See also
*
List of municipalities in Pará
References
Municipalities in Pará
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