Maracanã, Pará is a
municipality
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in the
state
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of
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 ...
in the
Northern region of
Brazil
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.
The municipality contains the lower reaches of the
Maracanã River, which is joined by the
Caripi River before widening into Maracanã Bay and emptying into the Atlantic Ocean beside
Maiandeua Island.
The banks of the rivers are protected by the
Maracanã Marine Extractive Reserve, created in 2002.
The municipality contains the
Algodoal-Maiandeua Environmental Protection Area, created in 1990.
See also
*
List of municipalities in Pará
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Pará (PA), located in the North Region of Brazil
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References
Municipalities in Pará
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