Castanhal, Pará, Northern Region, Brazil

History | Education | Economy

🇧🇷 Castanhal is a city near the eastern edge of the state of Pará, Northern Brazil. It is located some 65 km east of the state's capital Belém and 50 km inland SE of the Bay of Marajo. It is accessed by car or bus via federal highway BR-316. The climate is tropical rainforest. It is the fifth largest city in the state.

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History Castanhal was officially founded on January, 28th of 1932 (date of certification) and received its name due to the common nut trees (portug: Castanha) around the train station of the Bragança - Belém railway. Workers from the Brazilian Northeast started settling around the station. Local farmers started selling their products at the new market. Though, the new marketplace Castanhal was founded. The Bragança railway was shut down in 1964 and the rails were removed. The government of the state of Pará gave Castanhal the nickname "cidade modelo" (Model Town). In 2004, Pope John Paul II erected the diocese of Castanhal, which is subordinated as a suffragan diocese to the archdiocese of Belém, Pará.

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Education Castanhal has become a regional centre for education in the state of Pará. The educational level is well above the national average. There are eight secondary schools and three universities: • Federal University of Pará, UFPA. Faculties of veterinary medicine, mathematics, sports, literature, pedagogy, computer science. • University of Pará Uepa: mechanical engineering, agriculture, agricultural technology, physics, biology, pedagogy. • FCAT Castanhal College. Agronomy faculties, business administration and marketing, computer science, pedagogy, history, biology.

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Economy Due to its convenient geographic location, Castanhal has become an important trading spot for food and agricultural products (cereals, corn, maniok, pepper, palm oil), affecting the entire Northeastern part of the state and beyond.

Likewise Castanhal is becoming a hot spot for technology.

There are energy companies, specialized in high-voltage and high tech well drilling. Further, there is a factory producing work boots for food industry as well as an industry producing metallurgical equipment for mining companies.

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Teatro da Paz, Belém 

Castanhal has a population of over 203,300 people. Castanhal also forms the centre of the wider Castanhal District which has a population of over 535,030 people. It is also a part of the larger Nordeste Paraense Region.

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Antipodal to Castanhal is: 132.085,1.286

Locations Near: Castanhal -47.9149,-1.28607

🇧🇷 Marituba -48.331,-1.366 d: 47.1  

🇧🇷 Ananindeua -48.372,-1.367 d: 51.6  

🇧🇷 Belém -48.489,-1.453 d: 66.5  

🇧🇷 Barcarena Nova -48.617,-1.5 d: 81.6  

🇧🇷 Barcarena -48.618,-1.52 d: 82.3  

🇧🇷 Abaetetuba -48.874,-1.729 d: 117.4  

🇧🇷 Bragança -46.767,-1.05 d: 130.3  

🇧🇷 Paragominas -47.35,-2.983 d: 198.9  

🇧🇷 Tailândia -48.758,-2.874 d: 199.9  

🇧🇷 Cametá -49.483,-2.233 d: 203.7  

Antipodal to: Castanhal 132.085,1.286

🇮🇩 Sorong 131.293,-0.867 d: 19760  

🇮🇩 Manokwari 134.083,-0.867 d: 19688.5  

🇮🇩 Tidore 127.4,0.683 d: 19489.9  

🇮🇩 Ternate 127.367,0.767 d: 19487.4  

🇮🇩 Piru 128.19,-3.059 d: 19366.3  

🇮🇩 Ambon 128.167,-3.7 d: 19310.1  

🇵🇼 Ngerulmud 134.627,7.487 d: 19270.2  

🇮🇩 Bitung 125.183,1.433 d: 19247.7  

🇮🇩 Manado 124.863,1.476 d: 19212  

🇵🇭 Mati 126.23,6.95 d: 19110.7  

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