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Belém

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Total population

1,303,403

Air quality index

27Good
Elevation15 m
Coordinates-1.45°, -48.47°

Demographic figures from IBGE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

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City facts

Overview

Belém, a major city in Pará, Brazil, forms part of the country's settled landscape. Geographically it lies in the southern hemisphere at a equatorial latitude (-1.451°, -48.468°). Around 1,303,403 people are recorded as living there in the most recent open data. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 1,898 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 74% of daylight hours. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience hot and humid year-round with little seasonal temperature variation. The sections below expand on demographics, weather, terrain, hazards and nearby points of interest using publicly available datasets.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
-1.4506
Longitude
-48.4682
Water area
View on OpenStreetMap

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
27
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
3.6
PM10 (µg/m³)
4
Ozone (µg/m³)
37
NO₂ (µg/m³)
3.2

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
20,737
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Great Kiskadee
    Pitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    583
  • Black Vulture
    Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) · Aves
    545
  • Palm Tanager
    Thraupis palmarum (Wied-Neuwied, 1821) · Aves
    516
  • Pale-breasted Thrush
    Turdus leucomelas Vieillot, 1818 · Aves
    504
  • Great Egret
    Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    453
  • Tropical Kingbird
    Tyrannus melancholicus Vieillot, 1819 · Aves
    432
  • Blue-gray Tanager
    Thraupis episcopus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    403
  • White-winged Parakeet
    Brotogeris versicolurus (Statius Muller, 1776) · Aves
    351

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
0
Largest magnitude
Largest event

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Pará

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Geography & sun

Elevation
49 ft (15 m)
Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
5.2
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,898

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Nearby airports

Public attention

Books about Belém

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Events

Official Identifiers

IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics

IBGE code
1501402
UF
PA
Mesorregião
Metropolitana de Belém
Microrregião
Belém

servicodados.ibge.gov.br

Sources

  • Wikidata
  • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
  • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • Open-Elevation
  • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • Open Library
  • IBGE — Brazilian national statistics, via servicodados.ibge.gov.br (official municipal code, UF, mesorregião, microrregião, region)
  • IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics — servicodados.ibge.gov.br