Oriximiná
Flag of Oriximiná
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Official seal of Oriximiná
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Location of Oriximiná
Location of Oriximiná
Coordinates: 01°45′57″S 55°51′57″W / 1.76583°S 55.86583°W / -1.76583; -55.86583
CountryBrazil
RegionNorte
StatePará
Founded13 June 1877
Government
 • MayorLuiz Gonzaga Viana Filho (PV)
Area
 • Total107,603 km2 (41,546 sq mi)
Elevation
46 m (151 ft)
Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total74,016
 • Density0.5/km2 (1/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
HDI (2000)0.717 – medium[2]
Websitewww.oriximina.pa.gov.br

Oriximiná is the westernmost and second-largest (by territorial area) municipality in the Brazilian state of Pará. It is also the fourth-largest in the country.

Location

The city lies on the Trombetas river, 40 kilometres (25 mi) northwest of Óbidos. The city is crossed by the Equator. Oriximiná is served by Oriximiná Airport located 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from downtown Oriximiná. Porto Trombetas Airport located in the district of Porto Trombetas 70 kilometres (43 mi) away serves the population residing and working for the Mineração Rio do Norte S/A.

Conservation

The north of the municipality contains the larger part (75.89%) of the 4,245,819 hectares (10,491,650 acres) Grão-Pará Ecological Station, the largest fully protected tropical forest conservation unit on the planet.[3] The municipality also contains the 1,007,580 hectares (2,489,800 acres) Rio Trombetas Biological Reserve, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 1979 to preserve the ecology and specifically to protect the Arrau turtle.[4] The municipality contains part of the Saracá-Taquera National Forest, a 441,283-hectare (1,090,430-acre) sustainable-use conservation unit created in 1989.[5] It contains 88% of the 3,172,978 hectares (7,840,600 acres) Trombetas State Forest, created in 2006.[6]

See also

  • List of quilombola communities in Pará

References

  1. ↑ IBGE 2020
  2. ↑ Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine - UNDP
  3. ↑ Estação Ecológica Grão-Pará (in Portuguese), Ideflor-bio (Government of Pará), retrieved 12 May 2016
  4. ↑ Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Biológica do Rio Trombetas (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 17 April 2016
  5. ↑ Unidade de Conservação: Floresta Nacional de Saracá-Taquera (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 1 June 2016
  6. ↑ FES do Trombetas (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 7 September 2016
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