Oriximiná

Oriximiná
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Coordinates:
Country	Brazil
Region	Norte
State	Pará
Founded	June 13, 1877
Government
• Mayor	Luiz Gonzaga Viana Filho (PV)
Area
• Total	107,602.992 km2 (41,545.747 sq mi)
Elevation	46 m (151 ft)
Population (2008)
• Total	57,765
• Density	0.5/km2 (1/sq mi)
HDI (2000)	0.717 – medium
Website	www.oriximina.pa.gov.br

Oriximiná is the westernmost and second largest (by territorial area) municipality in the Brazilian state of Pará. It is also the fourth largest in the country.

Location

The city lies on the Trombetas river, 40 km northwest of Óbidos. The city is crossed by the Equator. Oriximiná is served by Oriximiná Airport located 8 km from downtown Oriximiná. Porto Trombetas Airport located in the district of Porto Trombetas 70 km away serves the population residing and working for the Mineração Rio do Norte S/A.

Conservation

The north of the municipality contains the larger part (75.89%) of the 4,245,819 hectares (10,491,650 acres) Grão-Pará Ecological Station, the largest fully protected tropical forest conservation unit on the planet. The municipality also contains the 1,007,580 hectares (2,489,800 acres) Rio Trombetas Biological Reserve, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 1979 to preserve the ecology and specifically to protect the Arrau turtle.