Gurupá

Gurupá

Gurupá is a city on the Amazon River in Brazilian state of Pará.

The city is a center for palm heart extraction and commerce. It is a municipal seat and major river boat port.

Because of the anthropological studies of Charles Wagley and his students, Gurupá is the best researched rural community in the Brazilian Amazon.

References

* cite book
last =Pace
first =Richard
authorlink =
coauthors =
title =The Struggle for Amazon Town: Gurupá Revisited
publisher =Lynne Rienner Publishers
date = 1998
location =
pages =
url =http://books.google.com/books?id=jglKqHsi8IgC&dq=gurupa+-wikipedia+amazon | doi =
id =

* Wagley, Charles (1953). "Amazon town: a study of man in the tropics". London, Oxford & New York: Oxford Univ. Press.


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