Eldorado dos Carajás
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Eldorado dos Carajás is a town and municipality in the state of Pará
in the Northern region of Brazil
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Its population in 2004 was 39,213 inhabitants. The city is famous for the massacre
that occurred in 1996 , when 19 landless peasants were killed by troops of the Military Police of Pará .
Pará
Pará is a state in the north of Brazil. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest it also borders Guyana and Suriname, and to the northeast it borders the Atlantic Ocean. The capital is Belém.Pará is the most populous state...
in the Northern region of Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
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Its population in 2004 was 39,213 inhabitants. The city is famous for the massacre
Massacre
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that occurred in 1996 , when 19 landless peasants were killed by troops of the Military Police of Pará .