Marajó

Marajó is an inhabited island, located at the mouth of the Amazon River in Brazil. With a land area of 40,100 km² (15,500 sq mi, see list of islands by size), it is the largest island to be surrounded by both fresh and salt water (its north-east coastline faces the Atlantic ocean). The city of Belém lies to the south, across the southern fork (called also the Pará River) of the river's mouth.

Related Topics:
Island - Amazon River - Brazil - List of islands by size - Atlantic ocean - Belém - Pará River

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In the 1918–1919 outbreak of the Spanish influenza, Marajó is the only major populated area to not have documented any cases of the illness.

Related Topics:
1918 - 1919 - Spanish influenza

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