Abaetetuba

Nickname(s): 01°43′04″S 48°52′58″W / 1.71778°S 48.88278°W / -1.71778; -48.88278Country BrazilRegionNorthState ParáFirst Settlements1635Founded1724Incorporated1880Government • MayorFrancineti Maria Rodrigues Carvalho PSDBArea • City430.9 km² (166.4 sq mi) • Metro15,416.9 km² (5,952 sq mi)Elevation42 m (138 ft)Population • City159,080 • Density370/km² (960/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)CEPArea code+55 91WebsiteAbaetetuba, Para

The city of Abaetetuba is located in Pará State, Brazil. The population of the municipality is 159,080 (IBGE figure 2020). The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Abaetetuba, and home of the Our Lady of the Conception Cathedral.^[1]

Etymology

"Abaetetuba" comes from the Tupi language and means "group of true men", from the words abá ("man"), eté ("true") and tyba ("group").^[2]

History

First settlements in the region date to 1635, when capuchin friars originating in the convent of Una in Belém joined a village of nomadic indigenous tribes in a settlement with the name of Samaúma, though later baptized as the district of Beja by governor Francisco Xavier de Mendonça Furtado.

Later, in 1724, Francisco de Azevedo Monteiro, dedicated to the exploration of local amazonian spices and goods, acquired a Sesmaria in the region, founding a settlement on the shores of the river Maratauíra in a location protected from the tides by the island of Sirituba, which would later form the urban center of the current city.^[3]

Known then as Abaeté, the settlement was granted the status of autonomous municipality and separated from the capital of Belem in 1880 through law nº 973, Abaeté would later be granted the status of city in 1895 through state law nº 324 and finally change its name to Abaetetuba in December 30 of 1943, through decree-law nº 4.505.^[4]

References

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