Afuá
Afuá is a municipality ( Munizip ) in the north of the island of Marajó , in the Brazilian state of Pará . The community has 35,042 inhabitants (2010) on an area of 8,338,438 km². Most of the houses in Afuá are pile dwellings connected by bridges and footbridges. This also earned the city the nickname Venice of Marajó .
Web links
- IBGE to Afuá. Retrieved June 5, 2019 .
- http://www.prefeituradeafua.com.br/ (June 2019 unavailable)
Coordinates: 0 ° 9 ′ S , 50 ° 23 ′ W