Oriximiná is the westernmost and second-largest (by territorial area) municipality in the

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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 in the country.

Geography

The city lies on the Trombetas river, northwest of Óbidos. The city is crossed by the

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. 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. On April 12, 2 ...

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 Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras. Airlines and destinations Accidents and incidents *10 September 202 ...

located in the district of Porto Trombetas away serves the population residing and working for th
Mineração Rio do Norte S/A
The north of the municipality contains the larger part (75.89%) of the

Grão-Pará Ecological Station The Grão-Pará Ecological Station ( is a strictly protected Ecological station (Brazil), ecological station in the state of Pará, Brazil. It is managed by the state of Pará. With of well-preserved Amazon rainforest, it is the largest fully prot ...

, 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

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. The municipality contains part of the Saracá-Taquera National Forest, a sustainable-use conservation unit created in 1989. It contains 88% of the Trombetas State Forest, created in 2006.

References

Municipalities in Pará Populated places established in 1877 1877 establishments in Brazil {{Pará-geo-stub