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Soure
Municipality
Street in Soure, 2015
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Location in the State of Pará
Coordinates: 00°43′01″S 48°31′22″W / 0.71694°S 48.52278°W / -0.71694; -48.52278
Country	Brazil
Region	North
State	Pará
Area
• Total	3,512.863 km (1,356.324 sq mi)
Elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Population
• Total	25,565
• Density	6.2/km (16/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
Postal Code	68870-000

Soure is a Brazilian municipality located in the northern state of Pará, on the island of Marajó, which is located in the Amazon River at its mouth. Its population as of 2020 is estimated to be 25,565 people. The area of the municipality is 3,512.863 km. The city belongs to the mesoregion Marajó and to the microregion of Arari.

The municipality is contained in the 59,985 square kilometres (23,160 sq mi) Marajó Archipelago Environmental Protection Area, a sustainable use conservation unit established in 1989 to protect the environment of the delta region. It contains the 27,464 hectares (67,870 acres) Soure Marine Extractive Reserve, a sustainable use conservation area created in 2001 that protects the coastal mangroves to the north of the municipal seat and along the north part of the Paracauari River.

Notable people

• Ildemar Alcântara, Brazilian mixed martial artist, former UFC fighter and younger brother of Iuri Alcântara.
• Iuri Alcântara, Brazilian mixed martial artist, UFC fighter and older brother of Ildemar Alcântara.
• Deiveson Figueiredo, Brazilian mixed martial artist, UFC fighter, former two-time UFC Flyweight Champion.
• Zélia Amador, first black woman to be a vice-rector of a Brazilian university. Black rights activist.

Climate

Soure has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen: Am), with different amounts of precipitation depending on the season.

References

1. IBGE 2020
2. APA Arquipélago do Marajó (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-27
3. RESEX Marinha de Soure (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-29
4. Hunter, Allice (2018-11-21), English: Köppen climate types of Pará, Brazil., retrieved 2019-03-27
5. ^ "Soure (82141) - WMO Weather Station". NOAA. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
6. "Normais Climatológicas Do Brasil 1981–2010" (in Portuguese). Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Retrieved 21 May 2024.

v t e Municipalities of Pará
Capital: Belém
Mesoregion Lower Amazonas	Almeirim Almeirim Porto de Moz Óbidos Faro Juruti Óbidos Oriximiná Terra Santa Santarém Alenquer Belterra Curuá Mojuí dos Campos Monte Alegre Placas Prainha Santarém
Mesoregion Marajó	Arari Cachoeira do Arari Chaves Muaná Ponta de Pedras Salvaterra Santa Cruz do Arari Soure Furos de Breves Afuá Anajás Breves Curralinho São Sebastião da Boa Vista Portel Bagre Gurupá Melgaço Portel
Mesoregion Metropolitan Belém	Belém Ananindeua Barcarena Belém Benevides Marituba Santa Bárbara do Pará Castanhal Bujaru Castanhal Inhangapi Santa Isabel do Pará Santo Antônio do Tauá
Mesoregion Northeastern Pará	Bragantina Augusto Corrêa Bonito Bragança Capanema Igarapé-Açu Nova Timboteua Peixe-Boi Primavera Quatipuru Santa Maria do Pará Santarém Novo São Francisco do Pará Tracuateua Cametá Abaetetuba Baião Cametá Igarapé-Miri Limoeiro do Ajuru Mocajuba Oeiras do Pará Guamá Aurora do Pará Cachoeira do Piriá Capitão Poço Garrafão do Norte Ipixuna do Pará Irituia Mãe do Rio Nova Esperança do Piriá Ourém Santa Luzia do Pará São Domingos do Capim São Miguel do Guamá Viseu Salgado Colares Curuçá Magalhães Barata Maracanã Marapanim Salinópolis São Caetano de Odivelas São João da Ponta São João de Pirabas Terra Alta Vigia Tomé-Açu Acará Concórdia do Pará Moju Tailândia Tomé-Açu
Mesoregion Southeastern Pará	Conceição do Araguaia Conceição do Araguaia Floresta do Araguaia Santa Maria das Barreiras Santana do Araguaia Marabá Brejo Grande do Araguaia Marabá Palestina do Pará São Domingos do Araguaia São João do Araguaia Paragominas Abel Figueiredo Bom Jesus do Tocantins Dom Eliseu Goianésia do Pará Paragominas Rondon do Pará Ulianópolis Parauapebas Água Azul do Norte Canaã dos Carajás Curionópolis Eldorado dos Carajás Parauapebas Redenção Pau d'Arco Piçarra Redenção Rio Maria São Geraldo do Araguaia Sapucaia Xinguara São Félix do Xingu Bannach Cumaru do Norte Ourilândia do Norte São Félix do Xingu Tucumã Tucurui Breu Branco Itupiranga Jacundá Nova Ipixuna Novo Repartimento Tucuruí
Mesoregion Southwestern Pará	Altamira Altamira Anapu Brasil Novo Medicilândia Pacajá Senador José Porfírio Uruará Vitória do Xingu Itaituba Aveiro Itaituba Jacareacanga Novo Progresso Rurópolis Trairão

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