Santana () is a

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located in the southeast of the state of

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 ...

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. Its population is 123,096 and its area is , which makes it the smallest municipality of Amapá. Santana is a suburb of

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, the state capital, and the two cities make up the Metropolitan Area of Macapá. Its location is nearly on the equator. The planet's second longest river, the

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is to the south. Santana was historically a part of Macapá. In 1981 it was elevated to the category of a District of Macapá. It became a separate municipality in the state of Amapá on 1 January 1982.

History

The history of Santana began in 1753 when Ilha de Santana, an island in the Amazon River in front of the city of Santana, became an official settlement. The settlement on the coast started to develop in the 1950s when

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was discovered in Serra do Navio. Santana has developed into the main harbour and industrial centre for the state, and has become the second most populous city. In 1990, a campus of the Federal University of Amapá was opened in Santana.

Geography

Neighbouring municipalities

, north and east *

Mazagão Mazagão (, ) is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality located in the south of the state of Amapá in Brazil. Its population is 22,053 and its area is . Mazagão Velho located in the municipality of Mazagão is known for the Festival of Saint ...

, southwest * Porto Grande, northwest

Port of Santana

The Port of Santana was built in 1980. It was originally intended for river transport, but due to its favourable position, it quickly developed into a main harbour for international transport to and from the

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and

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. The harbour was inaugurated on 6 May 1982, and became a

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in 2002. The Port of Santana also provides ferry services. In 2020, the ferry between Santana and

Belém Belém (; Portuguese for Bethlehem; initially called Nossa Senhora de Belém do Grão-Pará, in English Our Lady of Bethlehem of Great Pará), often called Belém of Pará, is the capital and largest city of the state of Pará in the north of B ...

was the largest ferry of Brazil measuring .

Districts

In 2001 Santana was officially divided into six districts: * The city of Santana * Anauerapucu * Igarapé do Lago * Ilha de Santana * * Pirativa

Sports

Independente Esporte Clube and Santana Esporte Clube are the

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clubs based in the city of Santana.

Notable people

Fabrício Guerreiro Fabrício de Assis Costa da Silva (born July 24, 1990), better known as Fabrício Guerreiro, is a Brazilian Mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist who is known to have competed in Bellator Fighting Championships, Bellator's Featherweight (MMA), ...

(1990), mixed martial artist * Raulian Paiva (1995), mixed martial artist

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Santana, Amapa Municipalities in Amapá Populated places in Amapá Populated places on the Amazon