Pará

This article covers the Brazilian state of Pará. For further meanings of this name, see Pará (disambiguation) .

Pará
Symbols
flag coat of arms
Basic data
Country	Brazil
Capital	Belém
surface	1,247,689.5 km²
Residents	7,581,051 (2010)
density	6.1 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BR-PA
Website	www.pa.gov.br (Brazilian Portuguese)
politics
governor	Helder Barbalho (since 2019)
Political party	(MDB)
economy
GDP	77,848 million R $ 10,259  R $ per capita (2010)

Coordinates: 4 °  S , 53 °  W

Pará , officially in Portuguese Estado do Pará , is a federal state in northern Brazil in the Amazon region .

geography

Boat on the Rio Guamá

Pará is the eastern of the two large states on the Amazon - in addition to the neighboring state named after the river, Pará covers its lower reaches. The huge mouth of the Amazon, with the largest river island in the world, Marajó , is located in Pará. The state is predominantly covered by tropical rainforest , but its area is shrinking due to increasing deforestation , especially on the eastern border.

With around 1.246 million km² (2018) Pará is the second largest state in terms of area . According to the 2010 IBGE census, it has 7,581,051 inhabitants, who are called Paraensians. As of July 1, 2019, the IBGE estimated the population to be 8,602,865. The capital is Belém (around 1.4 million inhabitants), other important cities are Santarém and Marabá .

politics

See also : List of Governors of Pará

Since January 1, 2019, the governor has been Helder Barbalho of the Movimento Democrático Brasileiro (MDB), who replaced Simão Jatene of the Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira (PSDB). In Brazil's 2018 gubernatorial elections , he received 2,068,319, or 55.43% of the valid votes. His lieutenant governor was Lúcio Vale des Partido Liberal (PL)

The legislature rests with the Pará Legislative Assembly of 41 elected MPs.

economy

The rainforest is managed by an intensively operated wood industry. The disadvantage of the indigenous population through slash and burn and the destruction of the rainforest is problematic.

The most important export products include iron ore, alumina (Al ₂ O ₃ ), aluminum and wood.

Biggest cities

Catedral da Sé in the old town of Belém

The largest cities with their population according to the 2010 census are:

• Belém - 1,402,056
• Ananindeua - 471744
• Santarém - 299,419
• Marabá - 238,708
• Castanhal - 179,036
• Parauapebas - 153,942
• Abaetetuba - 147,846
• Cametá - 120,904

Bragança

• Bragança - 113,165
• Marituba - 108,251

See also : List of municipalities in Pará

Sports

The Mangueirão Stadium , which was completed in August 1969, is located in Belém . In 2002 it was declared an Olympic Stadium . As in every other state in Brazil, a national soccer championship is held in Pará , the Campeonato Paraense .

Personalities

• Alexandre Zacarias de Assumpção , 1951–1956 governor

Web links

Commons : Pará  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Governo do Pará website , government website (Brazilian Portuguese)
• Legislative Assembly website , Assembleia Legislativa do Estado do Pará (Brazilian Portuguese)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE): Pará: Síntese. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 23, 2015 ; accessed on July 14, 2015 . 
2. ^ Heroes 15 (Governador). In: todapolitica.com. Eleições 2018, accessed September 4, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
3. ↑ Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE): Produto Interno Bruto - PIB e participação das Grandes Regiões e Unidades da Federação - 2010. (PDF) 2010, accessed on July 24, 2013 . 
4. ↑ Pará - Panorama. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. IBGE , accessed September 4, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
5. ↑ Helder Barbalho, do MDB, é eleito governador do estado do Pará. In: g1.globo.com. G1 , October 28, 2018, accessed May 28, 2020 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
6. ↑ The district Mojuí dos Campos was 1 January 2013 a separate town.