City · Brazil
Barcarena
Barcarena is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Pará adjacent to the Tocantins River. It has a population of 127,027 and is part of the Belém metropolitan area. The city's economy relies largely on agriculture and bauxite. There are also facilities for pig iron nearby. They city and port are developing as a major transshipping port that takes goods for international export linked by rail from nearby inland ports, from all over Brazil, speeding up shipment and reducing time and costs as opposed to traditional megaports in the Southeast.
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- Population: 126,650.
- Area: 1310 sq km.
- Timezone: America/Belem.