Almeirim, Pará
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Almeirim is a city on the Amazon
and the northernmost municipality in the Brazil
ian state of Pará
. The municipality is crossed by the Equator
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Serra do Areão Airport
located in the district of Monte Dourado 73km away serves the population residing and working for the Jari project
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Amazon River
The Amazon of South America is the second longest river in the world and by far the largest by waterflow with an average discharge greater than the next seven largest rivers combined...
and the northernmost municipality in the Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian state of Pará
Pará
Pará is a state in the north of Brazil. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest it also borders Guyana and Suriname, and to the northeast it borders the Atlantic Ocean. The capital is Belém.Pará is the most populous state...
. The municipality is crossed by the Equator
Equator
An equator is the intersection of a sphere's surface with the plane perpendicular to the sphere's axis of rotation and containing the sphere's center of mass....
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Serra do Areão Airport
Monte Dourado Airport
Serra do Areão Airport is the airport serving the district of Monte Dourado in Almeirim, Brazil.-History:The airport was built as a support facility to Jari project and is presently dedicated to general aviation.-Access:...
located in the district of Monte Dourado 73km away serves the population residing and working for the Jari project
Jari project
The Jari project was an attempt to create a tropical tree farm in Brazil for producing pulp for paper.-Background:The Jari project was a brainchild of US entrepreneur and billionaire Daniel K. Ludwig. In the 1950s he noticed that demand for paper was rising. Since the forests of the temperate zone...
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