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
State
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Location o State o Pará in Brazil
Coordinates: 5°40′S 52°44′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.