Altamira

Altamira is a municipality in the state of Pará, in northern Brazil, and the largest municipality by area in both Pará and Brazil, at 159,533.73 square kilometres. Until 2009 it was the world's largest municipal subdivision, and it is larger than 104 countries. It includes the city and district of Altamira, the seat of local government, and nine other mostly rural districts covered by the Amazon rainforest. The 2022 census counted 126,279 residents. Hundreds of indigenous communities and environmental protection areas lie within it, as does the Belo Monte Dam, the fourth largest hydroelectric dam in the world. The city grew from the Jesuit Tavaquara Mission on the Xingu River.