Parauapebas
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Parauapebas | |
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Municipality | |
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.svg) 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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]
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.
