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Santarém

American  
[san-tuh-rem, sahn-tah-ran] / ˌsæn təˈrɛm, ˌsɑ̃ tɑˈrɛ̃ /

noun

  1. a city in N Brazil, on the Amazon River.

Santarém British  
/ səntaˈrə̃j /

noun

  1. a port in N Brazil, in Pará state where the Tapajós River flows into the Amazon. Pop: 190 000 (2005 est)

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Raimundo Barbosa, who farms cassava and fruit near the town of Boa Esperança outside Santarém in the southeastern Amazon, says when the forest is cleared "the environment is destroyed".

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2025

The family moved to Santarém, a port on the south bank of the Amazon River well situated for reaching isolated peoples.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2022

The BR-163 connects the agricultural powerhouse state of Mato Grosso to the Amazon ports Miritituba and Santarém, and in November the army finished asphalting its last unpaved section.

From The Guardian • Mar. 10, 2020

This wheat plantation near Santarém, Brazil, used to be virgin Amazon rainforest.

From Slate • Nov. 29, 2013

This close to Santarém, the road was paved and free of potholes.

From Scientific American • Sep. 21, 2012

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