Gurupá

Gurupá or Santo Antonio de Gurupá is a municipality on the Amazon River in state of Pará, northern Brazil located near the world's largest river island, Marajó, 300 km upstream from the upper mouth of the river on the Atlantic coast.[2]

This article is about the city on the island of Marajó. For the island, see Ilha Grande de Gurupá. For the ecozone, see Gurupa várzea.
Gurupá
Municipality
Town hall of Gurupá
Town hall of Gurupá
Flag of Gurupá
Flag
Location in the State of Pará
Location in the State of Pará
Coordinates: 01°24′18″S 51°38′24″W
Country Brazil
RegionNorth
State Pará
Area
 • Total8,540.032 km2 (3,297.325 sq mi)
Elevation
20 m (70 ft)
Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total33,755
 • Density3.4/km2 (9/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
Postal Code
68300-000

The city is a center for palm heart extraction and commerce. It is a municipal seat and major river boat port.

History

Gurupá is derived from the tupi language words guru (mouth) and pa (wide), and is associated with regions where water channels become wider. The word appears in the name of many localities in Brazil.[3]

Gurupá was founded in 1609 as a Dutch trading post that they called Mariocai, after the indigenous peoples living there. It was the third of three trading posts established by the Dutch along the lower reaches of the Amazon and Xingu Rivers. The Dutch traded for dye, timber and mother-of-pearl. They also cultivated sugarcane along the Xingu river, to the south of Gurupa. It was subsequently conquered and occupied by the Portuguese in 1623, where they built the Fort of Santo Antônio do Gurupá (St. Anthony of Gurupá). It became the royal captaincy of Gurupá in 1633 in recognition of its strategic military and trading position. It was absorbed into Grao-Pará in 1756.

References
  1. IBGE 2020
  2. "Job" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  3. Mendonça de Souza, João. O grande Amazonas: mítologia, história e sociologia. Sérgio Cardoso & Cia. p. 404. Retrieved 26 August 2019.

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