Afuá

Coordinates: 00°09′25″S 50°23′13″W / 0.15694°S 50.38694°W / -0.15694; -50.38694Country BrazilRegionNorthState ParáFoundedAugust 2, 1891Area • Total8,372.772 km² (3,232.745 sq mi)Elevation8 m (26 ft)Population • Total39,567 • Density4.4/km² (11/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)Postal Code

Afuá is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Pará. Its population as of 2020 is estimated to be 39,567 people. The area of the municipality is 8,372.772 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion Marajó and to the microregion of Furos de Breves.

The municipality is contained in the 59,985-square-kilometre (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.^[2] The municipal seat lies at the mouth of the Cajari River where it enters the Baía do Vieira Grande. The municipality contains the 65,181 hectares (161,070 acres) Charapucu State Park, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 2010.^[3]

The town has been off-limits to cars since 2002, as there is no space for cars on the island where the town is located. It has been called the Venice of the Amazon, because many of the homes are on stilts and the town is only accessible by boat, though there is an airstrip in town which is often underwater. The town's mayor has described it as a model for net-zero emissions.^[4]

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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