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The city of Belém, Brazil is founded on the Amazon River delta by Portuguese captain Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco.
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Belém
Capital and largest city of Pará, Brazil
Belém, often called Belém of Pará, is the capital and largest city of the state of Pará in the north of Brazil. It is the gateway to the Amazon River with a busy port, airport, and bus/coach station. Belém lies approximately 100 km upriver from the Atlantic Ocean, on the Pará…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Amazon River
Major river in South America
The Amazon River in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and the longest or second-longest river system in the world, a title which is disputed with the Nile.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco
Portuguese colonial official in Brazil (1566–1619)
Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco (1566–1619) was a Portuguese explorer and colonial administrator. He is noted as the founder of the city of Belém, capital of Pará, Brazil, on 12 January 1616. Caldeira served as the first Governor General of the Captaincy of Grão-Pará.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
January 12
Day of the year
January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 353 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)