Parauapebas | |
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Municipality | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Nicknames: "Pebas" "Cidade dos Paraensses" [Town of the people from Pará] (even though it is in Pará: a town of immigrants) | |
| Motto(s): Vis et Labore "Força e Trabalho" [Strength and Work] | |
 Location of Parauapebas in the State of Pará | |
Parauapebas Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 6°4′04″S 49°54′07″W / 6.06778°S 49.90194°W / -6.06778; -49.90194 | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Northern |
| State | Pará |
| Mesoregion | Sudeste Paraense |
| Microregion | Parauapebas |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Aurélio Ramos de Oliveira Neto (AVANTE) |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,658.780 sq mi (6,886.208 km2) |
| Population (2022)1 | |
• Total | 267,836 |
• Estimate (2025)2 | 305,771 |
| • Density | 100.736/sq mi (38.8946/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| Postal Code (CEP) | 68515-000 |
| Area code | +55 94 |
| Website | Official website |
Parauapebas is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil.3 4 5 6 7
Geography
To the north is the municipality of Marabá; to the east, Curionópolis; to the south-east, Canaã dos Carajás; to the south, Água Azul do Norte; to the south-west, Ourilândia do Norte, and to the west, São Félix do Xingu.
The municipality contains part of the Tapirapé-Aquiri National Forest, a 196,504-hectare (485,570-acre) sustainable use conservation unit created in 1989.8 It contains 68.9% of the Carajás National Forest, a 411,949-hectare (1,017,950-acre) sustainable use conservation unit created in 1998 that includes mining operations in a huge deposit of high-grade iron ore.9 Carajás Mine is located in the boundaries of the municipality.
Transport
There are direct road connections with Marabá to the north-east, Curionópolis to the east, and Canaã dos Carajás to the south.
One of Brazil's only inter-city rail services (Carajás Railway) is operated by rail freight operator Vale and links São Luís with Parauapebas, which carried 330,000 passengers in 2019.10
The municipality is served by Carajás Airport.
Sport
Parauapebas Futebol Clube is the municipality's soccer club.
References
References
- "IBGE". gov.br.
- "IBGE". gov.br.
- "Divisão Territorial do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- "Swallowing Rain Forest, Cities Surge in Amazon". New York Times. 2012-11-24. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
- FLONA do Tapirapé-Aquiri (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-05-30
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{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - "Brazilian passenger rail revival agreement". Railway Gazette International. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.