Pará
Pará (Portuguese pronunciation: [paˈɾa]) is a state in the north o Brazil. It borders the Brazilian states o (clockwise frae north) Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas an Roraima. Tae the northwast it an aw borders Guyana an Suriname, an tae the northeast it borders the Atlantic Ocean. The caipital is Belém.
State o Pará | |
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 Banner  Coat airms | |
 Location o State o Pará in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 5°40′S 52°44′W / 5.667°S 52.733°W | |
| Kintra |  Brazil |
| Caipital an Lairgest Ceety | Belém |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Simão Jatene |
| • Vice Govrenor | Helenilson Pontes |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1247689.5 km2 (481,735.6 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 2nt |
| Population (2010 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 7,588,078 |
| • Rank | 9t |
| • Density | 6.1/km2 (16/sq mi) |
| • Density rank | 21st |
| Demonym(s) | Paraense |
| GDP | |
| • Year | 2006 estimate |
| • Total | R$ 44,376,000,000 (13th) |
| • Per caipita | R$ 6,241 (22nt) |
| HDI | |
| • Year | 2005 |
| • Category | 0.755 – medium (16t) |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (BRT) |
| Postal Code | 66000-000 to 68890-000 |
| ISO 3166 code | BR-PA |
| Website | pa.gov.br |
Pará is the maist populous state o the northren region wi a population o ower 6 million. It is the seicont lairgest state o Brazil in aurie, seicont anerlie tae Amazonas (it wis the third till Mato Grosso do Sul brak awa frae Mato Grosso in 1977). Its maist famous icons are the Amazon River an the Amazon Rainforest. Pará produces rubber (extractit frae natural rubber tree groves), tropical hardwoods such as mahogany, an minerals such as iron ore an bauxite.