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Santarém

[ san-tuh-rem; Portuguese sahn-tah-ran ]

noun

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


Santarém

/ səntaˈrə̃j /

noun

  1. a port in N Brazil, in Pará state where the Tapajós River flows into the Amazon. Pop: 190 000 (2005 est)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Some 37% of Brazil's total corn exports flowed through Barcarena, Itaqui, Itacoatiara and Santarem ports in the first half of 2023, according to Brazil's crop agency Conab.

From Reuters

Their transshipment stations on the Tapajos and Madeira rivers have linked up the heart of Brazilian farm country and up-and-coming Amazonian ports such as Itacoatiara, Santarem and Barcarena.

From Reuters

Raised in the city of Santarem in the northern Brazilian state of Para, Costa Porsborg fell in love with the United States on an exchange program during her final year of high school, Costa said.

The nearest large airport to the Indians is Santarém, a town 500 miles up the Amazon from the Atlantic Ocean.

Hundreds of firefighters in Portugal tried to tame blazes in the center of the country that forced the evacuation of dozens of people from their homes, mostly in villages around Santarem and Pombal.

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