Alenquer, Pará

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Alenquer is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil.{{cite web |url=https://geoftp.ibge.gov.br/organizacao_do_territorio/estrutura_territorial/divisao_territorial/2008/dtb_2008.zip |title=Divisão Territorial do Brasil |date=July 1, 2008 |publisher=Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) |access-date=December 17, 2009|language=pt}}{{cite web | url = http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf | title = Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009| publisher = Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) | date = August 14, 2009 | access-date=December 17, 2009 | format = PDF|language=pt }}{{cite web|url=http://www.pnud.org.br/atlas/ranking/IDH-M%2091%2000%20Ranking%20decrescente%20(pelos%20dados%20de%202000).htm |title=Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil |year=2000 |publisher=Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD) |access-date=December 17, 2009 |language=pt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003103229/http://www.pnud.org.br/atlas/ranking/IDH-M%2091%2000%20Ranking%20decrescente%20%28pelos%20dados%20de%202000%29.htm |archive-date=October 3, 2009 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/economia/pibmunicipios/2005/tab01.pdf |title=Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005 |date=December 19, 2007 |publisher=Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) |access-date=December 17, 2009 |language=pt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002024524/http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/economia/pibmunicipios/2005/tab01.pdf |archive-date=October 2, 2008 }} The town is located on the northern bank of the Amazon River, roughly across from the city of Santarém.

The city is served by Alenquer Airport.{{cite web | url=https://www.anac.gov.br/dadosabertos/areas-de-atuacao/aerodromos | title=Aeródromos | website=ANAC | date=29 June 2020 | access-date=8 April 2021 | language=pt}}

Conservation

The municipality contains roughly half of the {{convert|216601|ha}} Mulata National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2001.{{citation|ref={{harvid|FLONA de Mulata – ISA}}|language=pt

|title=FLONA de Mulata|publisher=ISA: Instituto Socioambiental

|url=https://uc.socioambiental.org/uc/4750|access-date=2016-06-01}}

The north of the municipality contains part (13.31%) of the {{convert|4245819|ha}} Grão-Pará Ecological Station, the largest fully protected tropical forest conservation unit on the planet.{{citation|language=pt|title=Estação Ecológica Grão-Pará|publisher=Ideflor-bio (Government of Pará)|url=http://ideflorbio.pa.gov.br/unidades-de-conservacao/regiao-administrativa-calha-norte-iii/estacao-ecologica-grao-para/|access-date=2016-05-12|archive-date=2020-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926143414/https://ideflorbio.pa.gov.br/unidades-de-conservacao/regiao-administrativa-calha-norte-iii/estacao-ecologica-grao-para/|url-status=dead}}

It contains 2% of the {{convert|3172978|ha}} Trombetas State Forest, created in 2006.{{citation|ref={{harvid|FES do Trombetas – ISA}}|language=pt |title=FES do Trombetas|publisher=ISA: Instituto Socioambiental |url=https://uc.socioambiental.org/es/uc/6782|access-date=2016-09-07}}

Notable people

  • Delival Nobre (b. 1948), sports shooter{{cite web|url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/41372 |title=Delival da Fonseca|website=Olympedia.org|access-date=8 April 2021}}

See also

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