Rondon do Pará

Rondon do Pará
Municipality
Flag of Rondon do Pará
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Coat of arms of Rondon do Pará
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Motto: 
Liberdade para todos
Interactive map of Rondon do Pará
Country Brazil
RegionNorthern
StatePará
MesoregionSudeste Paraense
Distance to Capital523km
Neighboring municipalitiesDom Eliseu, Goianésia do Pará, Jacundá, Nova Ipixuna, Marabá, Bom Jesus do Tocantins, Abel Figueiredo, Açailândia (MA), Cidelândia (MA) and Vila Nova dos Martírios (MA)
FoundedFebruary 9, 1969
Incorporated as a municipalityMay 13, 1982
Government
 • MayorAdriana Andrade de Oliveira (2025 - 2028) (MDB)
Area
 • Total
3,183.951 sq mi (8,246.394 km2)
Elevation
640 ft (195 m)
Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total
52,803
 • Rank3rd (Microreigon of Paragominas)
Demonymrondonense
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)

Rondon do Pará is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil. Located in the Microreigon of Paragominas, its population in 2020 according to IBGE estimates is 52,357. Rondon do Pará is the third most populated municipality in the Microreigon of Paragominas, only behind Dom Eliseu and Paragominas itself. [2][3][4][5]

History

Candangolândia de Arinos Brazil - Vila Rondon

The region where the municipality of Rondon of Pará is located today was originally populated by indigenous people.

The municipality of Rondon do Pará originated in late 1962, with the works of the demarcation of the first farms, with the actual settlement of the current territory only occurred in 1968 when the Departamento de Estradas e Rodagens began construction of the PA-070 (now BR-222) highway. In the 86th kilometer of the highway, a camp was built on which more people are settling gradually. [6]

Eventually, the DER opens the new PA-70 highway. The locality within the 86th kilometer was known as Candangolândia de Arinos Brazil. [6]

Candangolândia prospered after the Federal Government created the "Projeto Rondon" in 1969, with a gas station, pharmacy, and a butcher shop, it was renamed to Vila Rondon. It then became an administrative district of São Domingos do Capim by State Law No. 4,649, on July 9, 1976.[6]

As a municipality

Vila Rondon became a municipality by State Law No. 5,027, on May 13, 1982. It broke away from São Domingos do Capim and Moju and went under a new name as Rondon do Pará.

Geography

It is located at a latitude of 04°46'34" south and a longitude of 48°04'02" west, at an altitude of 195 meters.

Amidst areas of plains, the municipality of Rondon do Pará encompasses an area of irregular terrain, with mountainous regions and erosion.

Vegetation

Rondon do Pará is covered by areas of savannas, grasslands and secondary growth. Extensive logging of the Amazon rainforest made the areas of rainforest rare with grasslands and savannas becoming predominant.

Hydrography

Rondon do Pará's main river is the Araranguá River, originating from Maranhão, supplying the city with water and receiving tributaries from the region's main rivers until it joins the Surubiu River on the border of Goianésia do Pará which forms the Capim River.

Other rivers include the Ouro River, Santa Lúcia River, Pitinga River, and the Moju River. Other streams include Pebas Stream, Martírios Stream, Prata Stream, and the Marcelino Stream.

Transportation

The municipality can be reached on land via the BR-222 highway. Others include the Surubijú road from Açailândia and Martírios road from Vila Nova dos Martírios, however these last two are not paved.

See also

References

  1. ↑ IBGE 2020
  2. ↑ "Divisão Territorial do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  6. 1 2 3 "IBGE | Cidades". cidades.ibge.gov.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2026-07-09.

4°46′33″S 48°04′01″W / 4.77583°S 48.0669°W / -4.77583; -48.0669

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