Oriximiná is the westernmost and second-largest (by territorial area) municipality in the
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 ...
ian
state 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 state) ...
. It is also the fourth-largest in the country.
Location
The city lies on the
Trombetas
The Trombetas is a large river on the northern side of the Amazon River.
Course
The Trombetas is long, and is navigable by 500 ton vessels for a stretch of . The Trombetas river gives birth to very many rivers, including the Anamu river.
It is ...
river, northwest of
Óbidos. The city is crossed by the
Equator
The equator is a circle of latitude, about in circumference, that divides Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres. It is an imaginary line located at 0 degrees latitude, halfway between the North and South poles. The term can als ...
.
Oriximiná is served by
Oriximiná Airport
Oriximiná Airport is the airport serving Oriximiná, Brazil.
Airlines and destinations
Access
The airport is located from downtown Oriximiná.
See also
*List of airports in Brazil
This is a list of airports in Brazil, sorted by locatio ...
located from downtown Oriximiná.
Porto Trombetas Airport
Porto Trombetas Airport is the airport serving the district of Porto Trombetas in Oriximiná, Brazil.
It is operated by the mining company Mineração Rio do Norte S/A.
Airlines and destinations
Access
The airport is located from downtown ...
located in the district of Porto Trombetas away serves the population residing and working for th
Mineração Rio do Norte S/A
Conservation
The north of the municipality contains the larger part (75.89%) of the
Grão-Pará Ecological Station, the largest fully protected tropical forest conservation unit on the planet.
The municipality also contains the
Rio Trombetas Biological Reserve, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 1979 to preserve the ecology and specifically to protect the
Arrau turtle.
The municipality contains part of the
Saracá-Taquera National Forest
The Saracá-Taquera National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional de Saracá-Taquera) is a national forest in the state of Pará, Brazil.
Location
The Saracá-Taquera National Forest is in the Amazon biome.
It has an area of .
It covers parts of the ...
, a sustainable-use conservation unit created in 1989.
It contains 88% 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.
References
Municipalities in Pará
Populated places established in 1877
1877 establishments in Brazil
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