Places / South America / Brazil
Belém
Visited in February 2016
At a glance
- Country
- Brazil
- Region
- Pará
- Population
- 1.3 million
- Type
- Municipality of Pará state, Brazil
- Coordinates
- 1.45°S, 48.48°W
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Overview
Belém, often called Belém of Pará, is the capital and largest city of the state of Pará in the North of Brazil. It is the gateway to the Amazon River with a busy port, airport, and bus/coach station. Belém lies approximately 100 km (62.1 miles) upriver from the Atlantic Ocean, on the Pará River, which is part of the greater Amazon River system, separated from the larger part of the Amazon delta by Ilha de Marajó (Marajo Island).
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