Óbidos, Pará

Óbidos
Municipio
The Municipality of Óbidos
Flag Seal
Location in the State of Pará
Country	Brazil
Region	North
State	Pará
Founded	September 23, 1867
Government
• Mayor	Jaime Barbosa da Silva(PTB)
Area
• Total	28,021.287 km2 (10,819.079 sq mi)
Population  (2020 [1])
• Total	52,306
• Density	1.76/km2 (4.6/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)

Óbidos is a municipality in Pará, Brazil located at the narrowest and swiftest part of the Amazon River. The town was founded in 1697, and is located between Santarém and Oriximiná. It is the seat of the Diocese of Óbidos. The town was named after Óbidos, Portugal.

The north of the municipality contains part (7.36%) of the 4,245,819 hectares (10,491,650 acres) Grão-Pará Ecological Station, the largest fully protected tropical forest conservation unit on the planet.^[2] It contains 10% of the 3,172,978 hectares (7,840,600 acres) Trombetas State Forest, created in 2006.^[3]

Óbidos is served by Óbidos Airport.

Óbidos, Pará, in Brazil, was the scene of the sinking of Sobral Santos II in September 1981, one of the worst maritime tragedies in the history of the Amazon River. The riverboat was making its weekly trip between Santarém and Manaus and was claimed to be overcrowded when it sank in Óbidos harbour.^[4] It is assumed over 300 people died in the disaster, with hundreds of bodies and body parts never identified.

• Missão Tiriyó

The climate is tropical monsoon (Köppen: Am), with great differences in precipitation according to the seasons.^[5]

• José Veríssimo — Writer

• Columbia-Lippincott guide'. (New York City: Columbia University Press, 1952) p. 1362.

1°54′S 55°31′W / 1.900°S 55.517°W / -1.900; -55.517

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