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Belém is the capital of and the largest city in the Brazilian state of Pará. The name ‘Belém’ is Portuguese for Bethlehem. Formed from a number of islands, Belém has several indentations and recesses.
Belém is referred to as ‘Cidade das Mangueiras’ (or City of Mango trees) due to the numerous mango trees found in the city. Founded in 1616, Belém was built with the intention of developing it into a water port.
The climate is equatorial, warm with plentiful of rainfall. The average temperature is 27°C. Travel can be avoided between January and May, when the rainfall is the heaviest.
Colonised by the French and the British, the city expanded economically only after the nineteenth-century rubber boom. With a population of around 2,100,000, most locals are engaged in commerce and industry.
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