Editing Pará (section)

{{Short description|State in Brazil}}
{{other uses|Pará River|Para (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Pará
| official_name      =
| native_name        = 
| settlement_type    = [[States of Brazil|State]]
| image_skyline      =
| image_alt          = 
| image_caption      =
| image_flag         = Bandeira do Pará.svg
| flag_alt           = 
| image_shield       = Brasão do Pará.svg
| shield_alt         = 
| nickname           = 
| motto              = {{native name|la|Sub lege progrediamur}}<br /> "Let us progress under the law"
| anthem             = {{ill|Hino do Pará|pt|vertical-align=sup}}
| image_map          = Para in Brazil.svg
| map_alt            = 
| map_caption        = Location in Brazil
| coordinates        = {{coord|5|40|S|52|44|W|type:adm1st_region:BR-PA|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint      = 
| coordinates_footnotes = 
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = [[Brazil]]
| established_title  =
| established_date   =
| founder            = 
| seat_type          = [[Capital (political)|Capital]] and largest city
| seat               = [[Belém]]
| government_footnotes = 
| leader_title       = [[Governor (Brazil)|Governor]]
| leader_name        = [[Helder Barbalho]] ([[Brazilian Democratic Movement|MDB]])
| leader_title1      = Vice Governor
| leader_name1       = Hana Ghassan ([[Brazilian Democratic Movement|MDB]])
| leader_title2      = [[Federal Senate (Brazil)|Senators]]
| leader_name2       = [[Beto Faro]] ([[Workers' Party (Brazil)|PT]])<br />[[Jader Barbalho]] ([[Brazilian Democratic Movement|MDB]])<br />[[Zequinha Marinho]] ([[Podemos (Brazil)|PODE]])
| area_footnotes     = <!-- 
| area_magnitude          = 1 E12 -->
| area_total_km2     = 1247689.5
| area_rank          = [[List of Brazilian states by area|2nd]]
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_max_m    = 748
| elevation_max_point =
| population_total   = 8120131
| population_as_of   = 2022
| population_rank    = [[List of Brazilian states by population|9th]]
| population_footnotes = <ref name="census2022">{{Cite web|url=https://censo2022.ibge.gov.br/panorama/|title=2022 Census Overview|language=pt}}</ref>
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_density_rank = [[List of Brazilian states by population density|21st]]
| population_demonym = Paraense
| population_note    = 
| demographics_type1 = GDP
| demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="bge">{{Cite web |title=PIB por Unidade da Federação, 2021|url=https://www.ibge.gov.br/en/statistics/economic/national-accounts/19567-gross-domestic-product-of-municipalities.html|website=ibge.gov.br}}</ref>
| demographics1_title1 = Total
| demographics1_info1 = [[Brazilian real|R$]] 262.905 billion<br />([[US$]] 48.8 billion)
| demographics_type2 = [[Human Development Index|HDI]]
| demographics2_title1 = Year
| demographics2_info1 = 2021
| demographics2_title2 = Category
| demographics2_info2 = 0.690<ref>{{Cite web |title=Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano no Brasil. Pnud Brasil, Ipea e FJP, 2022. |url=http://www.atlasbrasil.org.br/ranking |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=www.atlasbrasil.org.br}}</ref> – <span style="color:orange">medium</span> ([[List of Brazilian states by Human Development Index|23rd]])
| timezone1          = [[Time in Brazil|BRT]]
| utc_offset1        = &minus;3
| iso_code           = [[ISO 3166-2:BR|BR-PA]]
| postal_code_type   = [[Código de Endereçamento Postal|Postal Code]]
| postal_code        = 66000-000 to 68890-000
| website            = {{URL|https://www.pa.gov.br/}}
| registration_plate_type =
| registration_plate =
}}
'''Pará''' ({{IPA|pt-BR|paˈɾa}}) is a [[Federative units of Brazil|state]] of [[Brazil]], located in [[northern Brazil]] and traversed by the lower [[Amazon River]]. It borders the Brazilian states of [[Amapá]], [[Maranhão]], [[Tocantins (state)|Tocantins]], [[Mato Grosso]], [[Amazonas (Brazilian state)|Amazonas]] and [[Roraima]]. To the northwest are the borders of [[Guyana]] and [[Suriname]], to the northeast of Pará is the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. The capital and largest city is [[Belém]], which is located at the [[Marajó]] bay, near the estuary of the Amazon river. The state, which is home to 4.1% of the Brazilian population, is responsible for just 2.2% of the Brazilian [[GDP]].

Pará is the most populous state of the [[North Region, Brazil|North Region]], with a population of over 8.6 million, being the ninth-most populous state in Brazil. It is the second-largest state of Brazil in area, at {{convert|1.2|e6km2|sqmi}}, second only to [[Amazonas (Brazilian state)|Amazonas]] upriver. Its most famous icons are the [[Amazon River]] and the [[Amazon rainforest]]. Pará produces [[Natural rubber|rubber]] (extracted from [[rubber tree]] groves), [[cassava]], [[açaí]], [[pineapple]], [[Cocoa bean|cocoa]], [[black pepper]], [[coconut]], [[banana]], tropical [[hardwood]]s such as [[mahogany]], and minerals such as [[iron ore]] and [[bauxite]]. A new commodity crop is [[soy]], cultivated in the region of Santarém.

Every October, Belém receives tens of thousands of [[tourist]]s for the year's most important religious celebration: the procession of the [[Círio de Nazaré]]. Another important attraction of the capital is the Marajó-style ceramics, based on the vanished [[Marajoara culture]], which developed on that very large island in the Amazon River.