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Belém
Parácity
Total population
1,303,403
Air quality index
Demographic figures from IBGE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
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
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves583
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) · Aves545
- Palm TanagerThraupis palmarum (Wied-Neuwied, 1821) · Aves516
- Pale-breasted ThrushTurdus leucomelas Vieillot, 1818 · Aves504
- Great EgretArdea alba Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves453
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus Vieillot, 1819 · Aves432
- Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves403
- White-winged ParakeetBrotogeris versicolurus (Statius Muller, 1776) · Aves351
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
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
Geography & sun
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
Gallery
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