Canaã dos Carajás
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Municipality
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Location of Canaã dos Carajás in the State of Pará
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Location in Brazil | |
Coordinates: 6°29′49″S 49°52′40″W / 6.49694°S 49.87778°W / -6.49694; -49.87778 | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Northern |
State | Pará |
Mesoregion | Sudeste Paraense |
Government
Mayor
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• Mayor | Josemira Raimunda Diniz Gadelha |
Population
(2020 [1])
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• Total | 38,103 |
Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
Area code | 94 |
Website | Official website |
Canaã dos Carajás is a municipality in the stateofPará in the Northern regionofBrazil.[2][3][4][5]
The world's largest iron ore mining project, S11D, is being built nearby.[6] The municipality contains 30% of the Carajás National Forest, a 411,949 hectares (1,017,950 acres) sustainable use conservation unit created in 1998 that includes mining operations in a huge deposit of high-grade iron ore.[7]
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Capital: Belém | |||||||||||||||
Mesoregion Lower Amazonas |
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Mesoregion Marajó |
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Mesoregion Metropolitan Belém |
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Mesoregion Northeastern Pará |
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Mesoregion Southeastern Pará |
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Mesoregion Southwestern Pará |
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