Soure, Pará
Soure | |
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Municipality | |
Street in Soure, 2015 | |
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Location in the State of Pará | |
| Coordinates: 00°43′01″S 48°31′22″W / 0.71694°S 48.52278°W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | North |
| State | Pará |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,512.863 km2 (1,356.324 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 10 m (33 ft) |
| Population (2020 ) | |
• Total | 25,565 |
| • Density | 6.2/km2 (16/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| Postal Code | 68870-000 |
Soure is a Brazilian municipality located in the northern state of Pará, on the island of Marajó, which is located in the Amazon River at its mouth. Its population as of 2020 is estimated to be 25,565 people. The area of the municipality is 3,512.863 km2. The city belongs to the mesoregion Marajó and to the microregion of Arari.
The Cambu River runs through the municipality for most of its course. The Tartarugas River forms the border with the municipality of Chaves.
The municipality is contained in the 59,985-square-kilometre (23,160 sq mi) Marajó Archipelago Environmental Protection Area, a sustainable use conservation unit established in 1989 to protect the environment of the delta region. It contains the 27,464-hectare (67,870-acre) Soure Marine Extractive Reserve, a sustainable use conservation area created in 2001 that protects the coastal mangroves to the north of the municipal seat and along the north part of the Paracauari River.