Marapanim

The Marapanim River reaches the Atlantic through the low, forested coast east of the Amazon estuary. Its tidal waters and mangroves form part of the intricate shoreline of Pará. At the end of the seventeenth century Jesuits established the mission estate of Bom Intento on the river, one of several such estates along this coast. The settlement of Marapanim developed in this river country.