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Belém (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 01 27 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -1.4500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 048 29 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -48.4833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located at mouth of Amazon Delta; sugar trade was important until end of 17th cen.; produces cattle, rice, cotton & coffee; rubber industry flourished from 18th cen. to 1912; exports Brazil nuts, pepper & jute; cathedral is one of nation's largest. |
Names: |
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| Belém (preferred,C,V,O)
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| Pará (C,V)
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| Belem do Pará (C,U)
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| Santa Maria de Belém do Grão Pará (C,U)
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| Feliz Lusitânia (H,V)
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| Nossa Senhora de Belém do Graõ Parã (H,V)
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| Our Lady of Bethlehem of the Great Para River (H,O)
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| Santa Maria de Belém (H,V)
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| St. Mary of Bethlehem (H,O)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Pará (state) (P) |
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Belém (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled in 1616 |
| city (C) |
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given city status in 1655 |
| state capital (C) |
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made state capital in 1772 |
| port (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Our Lady of Bethlehem of the Great Para River.......... |
[VP] |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 58 |
| Santa Maria de Belém do Grão Pará.......... |
[VP] |
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -629039 |
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