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Santarem

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State Of Para, Brazil
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About Santarem

Santarem is a city and municipality in the western part of the state of Para in Brazil. Located at the confluence of the Tapajos and Amazon Rivers, it has become a popular tourist vacation spot. It is the second-maximum crucial metropolis inside the country, and the financial and monetary middle of the western a part of the state. It leads the Santarem Metropolitan Area, made from Santarem, Belterra and Mojui dos Campos.

It was as soon as domestic to the Tapajos Indians, a tribe of Native Americans after whom the river become named. They have been the leaders of a massive, agricultural chiefdom that flourished earlier than the arrival of Europeans. The metropolis turned into founded by way of Portuguese colonists in 1661 as New Santarem after the metropolis in Portugal. It is one of the oldest towns within the Brazilian Amazon. This is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santarem.

Because of the crystalline waters of the Tapajos River, Santarem has extra than 62 mi of natural beaches, which includes those of the village of Alter do Chao, referred to as the "Caribbean in Brazil." The Guardian ranked the latter seaside as one of the most lovely in Brazil and the most beautiful seaside on fresh water. Alter do Chao is likewise domestic to Saire, one of the most crucial folklore gala's of the location, which is held yearly in September.

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