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Belm | colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFDEAD" | Belm | State | Par | Area: | 1070 km2 | Population: | 1 342 202 (Estimate: 07/2003) | Height: | 10 m above sea level | Postcode (CEP): | 66000-000 | valign="top" | Geographic location: | 01 28' South
48 29' West | valign="top" | Address of the local government: | Prefeitura de Belm
Palcio Antonio Lemos
Praa Dom Pedro II s/n
| Website: | www.prefeituradebelem.com.br | Contact: | semad@cinbesa.com.br | colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFDEAD" | Map | colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Location of Belm | This article is about the city in Brazil. For other uses, see Belm (disambiguation). Belm is a city in the nothern part of Brazil. It is the capital and also the biggest city of the state of Par. Its metropolitan area has ca. 2.01 milions of inhabitants. It is the entrance gate and, together with Manaus, the most important city in the brazilian amazonic region. It is also known as Cidade das mangueiras (city of the mango trees) due to the amount of those trees found in the city. History The region of Belm was originally inhabited by Tupinamb indians. The city was founded on January 12, 1616 by capitain Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco, who was sent by the Portuguese crown to defend the region against French, Dutch and British colonisation attempts. For this purpose, he built a fortress called Forte do Prespio (currently called Forte do Castelo). Initially, the city was named Feliz Lusitnia. Later it was renamed to Santa Maria do Gro Par as well as Santa Maria de Belm do Gro Par, finally receiving its current name Belm. Distanced from the rest of the county and strongly linked to Portugal, Belm accepted Brazil's independency not before august 1823, almost one year after its declaration. Between 1835 and 1840 Belm witnessed the Revolta dos Cabanos also known as Cabanagem, a revolt considered as to have the most authentic popular participation in the country's history. Due to the growing importance of rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) from the end of the 19th until the beginning of the 20th century, Belm became a very important marketplace. During this period many important buildings were constructed, such as Palcio Lauro Sodr, Colgio Gentil Bitencourt, Teatro da Paz, Palcio Antnio Lemos and the Ver-o-Peso market. Geography 1° 27' south, 48° 29' west. As of 2004, the population is 1.421 million, which makes it the 10th biggest city of Brazil. The mouth of the Amazon lies just to the north of the city.
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