Canaã dos Carajás

Canaã dos Carajás is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil.[2][3][4][5]

Canaã dos Carajás
Municipality
Flag of Canaã dos Carajás
Flag
Official seal of Canaã dos Carajás
Seal
Location of Canaã dos Carajás in the State of Pará
Location of Canaã dos Carajás in the State of Pará
Canaã dos Carajás is located in Brazil
Canaã dos Carajás
Canaã dos Carajás
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 6°29′49″S 49°52′40″W
Country Brazil
RegionNorthern
StatePará
MesoregionSudeste Paraense
Government
Mayor
 • MayorJosemira Raimunda Diniz Gadelha
Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total38,103
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
Area code94
WebsiteOfficial website

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]

See also

References
  1. IBGE 2020
  2. "Divisão Territorial do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  3. "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  4. "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  5. "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  6. "Vale board approves S11D iron-ore project". Mining Journal. Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  7. FLONA de Carajás (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-05-30



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