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It is the second been Brazilian in surface after Amazon, the length of his coast is of more than 560 km. Its extension represents more of twice the territory of France. Its landscape makes the delights for the lovers of the nature with its innumerable islands, rivers, Lagos, beaches and mountain ranges, form that it like one of the most interesting places for the practice of the nature tourism.
At the time of the discovery, For he was denominated by the Portuguese Happy Lusitânia. Since the beginning of century XVI it was diverse times invaded by Dutch and English that, besides occupying the territory, looked for species of pepper, guaraná, tree of which a dust used like stimulating takes place, and urucum seeds, fruit used in the kitchen and like solar protector, of who dyes are extracted in addition. The Portuguese occupation only began in 1616, with the foundation of the Forte do Presépio, today denominated Forte do Castelo, in the bay of Guajará, that gave rise to the city of Bethlehem. |
In his almost totality, For is located in the Amazonian Forest, except by the parts where they exist formation of fields, in the region of the low Trombetas river and archipelago of Marajó.
A rich mineral ground defines to him as one of the richest states of Brazil, in addition around their important hydrographic river basin great amount of merchandize and people circulate more, being the means of used transport. For it has an economy also based on the vegetal extraction, agriculture and the cattle ranch. In agriculture, the main products are the sugar orange, cane, the maize, the black pepper, cassava and the cacao. In the cattle ranch, the diversified production includes hens, bovines, pigs, horse and buffalos.
The indigenous population of the state, according to estimations of the Institute Brasileiro de GeografÃa and EstadÃstica (IBGE) is of 15,450 inhabitants and formed by 39 indigenous groups. Between the majors communities are the Andira Marau, the Mundurukus and the Kayapós. Â
Bethlehem, State Capital of For is filled with cuts and concavities that form small islands to his around. They are 55 altogether, the majority of wild and uninhabited them, next to others in which small population centers are concentrated. Among them they are the islands of Mosqueiro - surrounded by 14 water beaches fresh - and Caratateua that receive during the summer season great number of visitors. Besides these, Bethlehem around has to his the island of Tatuoca, where is the unique geodesic station of Latin America, one of the 7 existing ones in the world.
Located to borders of the Bay of Guajará, on the estuary of the Tocantins rivers and For, the city was founded like fluvial port on 1616. Well-known like “Cidade it give Mangueiras� by the great number of handle trees that exist there.
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Recommended visits
In Bethlehem:
- Municipal market, of meat and the Market of Ferro, fish, and in its proximities is the See-or-Weigh wharf-market, place of encounter of buyers and salesmen of numerous merchandize: crafts, aromatic grass of the Amazon, etc.
- Colonial architecture of Bethlehem reflects the image of the constructions of Lisbon of the S.XVIII, in centuries XIX and XX the influence in its constructions were mainly French.
- Island of Marajó, separated of Bethlehem by the Tocatins river, is the greater marine-fluvial island of the world, with near 50,000 km2s of extension. Scene of most famous pororoca of the world - phenomenon of formation of gigantic waves in the encounter of waters of the Amazon river with the sea - the island is also well-known by the ceramics marjoara and to lodge the majors flocks of buffalos of the country. Marajó was inhabited by diverse groups of natives where they found the great island the ideal atmosphere to live and to create his art potter.
- Museum Emilio Goeldi, important training center and investigations of the flora and amazonian fauna.
- The greater celebration of the city: The Wax candle of Nazaré, is celebrated the second Sunday of October and pays a tribute to Our Mrs. of Nazaré, employer of the state.
Santarém, to little more than two days in boat of Bethlehem, is the second municipality of the state of For and one of the most beautiful cities of the region.
In Santarém:
- Encounter of waters of the river Tapajós and the Amazon river.
- Cultural center Joao Fona, history of the city.
- To 35 km. of the city, between the river Tapajós and the Muiraquitãs lake, right in the throat of a cove and surrounded by fluvial beaches do Chão, old village of fishermen is Alter. It was land of the Boraris Indians, who as inheritance left to their descendants a rite that lasts 5 days: the celebration do Sairé, realized in July, is a native commemoration that little by little incorporated religious symbols of the parents indigenous Jesuits to the dances and songs.
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