Pará
State of Pará | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of State of Pará in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 5°40′S 52°44′W / 5.667°S 52.733°W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Capital and Largest City | Belém |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Simão Jatene |
| • Vice Governor | Helenilson Pontes |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,247,689.5 km2 (481,735.6 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 2nd |
| Population (2012)[1] | |
| • Total | 7,792,561 |
| • Rank | 9th |
| • Density | 6.2/km2 (16/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 21st |
| Demonym | Paraense |
| GDP | |
| • Year | 2006 estimate |
| • Total | R$ 44,376,000,000 (13th) |
| • Per capita | R$ 6,241 (22nd) |
| HDI | |
| • Year | 2005 |
| • Category | 0.755 – medium (16th) |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (BRT) |
| Postal Code | 66000-000 to 68890-000 |
| ISO 3166 code | BR-PA |
| Website | pa.gov.br |
Pará is one of the states of Brazil. It is in the northern part of the country.
The capital city is Belém. Other cities include:
- Santarém
- Óbidos
- Anapu
References
| States of Brazil | |
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| Acre | Alagoas | Amapá | Amazonas | Bahia | Ceará | Espírito Santo | Goiás | Maranhão | Mato Grosso | Mato Grosso do Sul | Minas Gerais | Pará | Paraíba | Paraná | Pernambuco | Piauí | Rio de Janeiro | Rio Grande do Norte | Rio Grande do Sul | Rondônia | Roraima | Santa Catarina | São Paulo | Sergipe | Tocantins | |
| Federal district: Distrito Federal | |