Castanhal, Pará

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Castanhal
Municipality
Municipality of Castanhal
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Location of Castanhal in the State of Pará
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Castanhal
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 01°17′49″S47°55′19″W / 1.29694°S 47.92194°W / -1.29694; -47.92194
CountryFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Region Northern
State Pará
Demonym castanhalense
Founded August 15, 1899
City Established January 28, 1932
Government
   Mayor Paulo Titan (PMDB)
Area
  Total 1,029.91 km2 (397.65 sq mi)
Elevation 141 m (463 ft)
Population (2013)
  Total 183,917
  Density 180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone UTC -3

Castanhal is a city near the eastern edge of the state of Pará northern Brazil. It is located some 65 km east of the state´s capital Belém and 50 km inland SE of the Bay of Marajo. It is accessed by car or bus via federal highway BR-316 . The climate is tropical rainforest. With a population around 185,000, it is the fifth largest city in the state.

Pará State of Brazil

Pará is a state in northern Brazil traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest it borders Guyana and Suriname; to the northeast it borders the Atlantic Ocean. The capital and largest city is Belém, at the mouth of the Amazon at the Atlantic Ocean and the 11th most populous city in the country.

Belém City in North, Brazil

Belém, is a Brazilian city with 2,491,052 people residing in its Metropolitan Region. The capital city itself has 1,485.732 inhabitants. It is the capital and largest city of the state of Pará in the country's north. It is the gateway to the Amazon River with a busy port, airport, and bus/coach station. Belém lies approximately 100 km upriver from the Atlantic Ocean, on the Pará River, which is part of the greater Amazon River system, separated from the larger part of the Amazon delta by Ilha de Marajó. With an estimated population of 1,439,561 people — or 2,249,405, considering its metropolitan area — it is the 11th most populous city in Brazil, as well as the 16th by economic relevance. It is the second largest in the North Region, second only to Manaus, in the state of Amazonas.

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coordinates: 1° 18′ S, 47° 55′ W

History

Castanhal was officially founded on January, 28th of 1932 (date of certification) and received its name due to the common nut trees (portug: Castanha) around the train station of the Bragança - Belém railway. Workers from the Brazilian Northeast started settling around the station. Local farmers started selling their products at the new market. Though, the new marketplace Castanhal was founded. The Bragança railway was shut down in 1964 and the rails were removed. The government of the state of Pará gave Castanhal the nickname "cidade modelo" (Model Town). In 2004, Pope John Paul II erected the diocese of Castanhal, which is subordinated as a suffragan diocese to the archdiocese of Belém, Pará.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Castanhal is a diocese located in the city of Castanhal in the Ecclesiastical province of Belém do Pará in Brazil.

Education

Castanhal has become a regional center for education in the state of Pará. The educational level is well above the national average. There are eight secondary schools and three universities:

Economy

Due to its convenient geographic location, Castanhal has become an important trading spot for food and agricultural products (cereals, corn, maniok, pepper, palm oil), affecting the entire Northeastern part of the state and beyond.

Likewise Castanhal is becoming a hot spot for technology.

There are energy companies, specialized in high-voltage and high tech well drilling. Further, there is a factory producing work boots for food industry as well as an industry producing metallurgical equipment for mining companies. [4]

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