Almeirim is a city on the

Amazon Amazon most often refers to: * Amazon River, in South America * Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin * Amazon (company), an American multinational technology company * Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek myth ...

and the northernmost municipality in the

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ian

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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 st ...

. It is also the fourth largest municipality in that state and the eighth largest in Brazil (by area). The municipality is crossed by the

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History

Almeirim was first inhabited by the

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. Manoel da Mota e Siqueira constructed the Paru Fort which was designated a village in 1758, and named Almerim. In 1835, the

Cabanagem The Cabanagem (; 1835–1840) was a popular revolution and pro-separatist movement that occurred in the then province of Grão-Pará, Empire of Brazil. Among the causes for this revolt were the extreme poverty of the Paraense people, oppressio ...

Revolt started in Almeirim which resulted in widespread devastation. In 1890, Almeirim became an independent municipality. The Santo Antonio do Jari hydroelectric system is located on the Jari River and provides 373.4 MW of

hydro electricity Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies 15% of the world's electricity, almost 4,210 TWh in 2023, which is more than all other renewable sources combined and also mo ...

. Construction began in 2011 and was completed in 2014.

Nature

The municipality includes a large part (94.49%) of the

Maicuru Biological Reserve The Maicuru Biological Reserve (), 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 border between the states of Par ...

. It also contains part of the Jari Ecological Station.

Transport

The city is served by Almeirim Airport. Serra do Areão Airport located in the district of

Monte Dourado Monte Dourado is a town and district in the Brazilian municipality of Almeirim, in the state of Pará. Monte Dourando is a planned town established in 1967 to house the workers for the Jari project. The city is located on the Jari River. History ...

73 km away serves the population residing and working for the

Jari project The Jari project was an attempt to create a tropical tree farm in Brazil for producing Wood pulp, pulp for paper. Background The Jari project was a brainchild of US entrepreneur and billionaire Daniel K. Ludwig. In the 1950s he noticed that dema ...

. The city of

Laranjal do Jari Laranjal do Jari () (''Jari Orangery'') is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality located in the west of the state of Amapá in Brazil. It is the only municipality in the west boundaries of Amapá, except for a small part of Vitória do Jari. It ...

Amapá Amapá (; ) is one of the 26 federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil. It is in the North Region, Brazil, North Region of Brazil. It is Federative units of Brazil#List, the second-least populous state and the eighteenth-largest state by area ...

can be reached by ferry from Monte Dourado.

Towns and villages

* Aldeia Bona *

Munguba Monte Dourado is a town and district in the Brazilian municipality of Almeirim, in the state of Pará. Monte Dourando is a planned town established in 1967 to house the workers for the Jari project. The city is located on the Jari River. History ...

Suisuimënë Suisuimënë or Xuixuimënë is an Apalaí-Wayana village on the Eastern Paru River in the state of Pará in Brazil. Suisuimënë is one of the larger villages along the Paru river and has an airstrip. Jehje Wayana is the chief of the village. A ...

Notable people

* Abuda (1989), footballer. * Joelma (1974), singer.

Gallery

Cachoeira de Panama.JPG, Panama Waterfalls,

Paru River The Paru River is a northern tributary of the lower Amazon in Pará state in north-central Brazil. The river flows through the Uatuma-Trombetas moist forests ecoregion. Part of the river's basin is in the Maicuru Biological Reserve. In popular ...

Projeto Jari - fabrica (frente).JPG, Cellulose factory,

References

External links

Official site
(in Portuguese) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Almeirim, Para Municipalities in Pará Populated places on the Amazon