Brazil: Pará State

Complex Ver-o-Peso focuses crafts, cuisine and other local products. Photo: gazetadopovo




Pará  is a state in northern Brazil. It borders the Brazilian states of (clockwise from north) Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest it also borders Guyana and Suriname, and to the northeast it borders the Atlantic Ocean. The capital and largest city is Belém,