Santarém is a city in the state of Pará in Brazil. The Tapajós joins
the Amazon River there, and it is a popular location for tourism. It is the
second most important city in the state and the financial and economic center
of the western part of the state. It is the head of the Santarém Metropolitan
Area, which is made by Santarém, Belterra and Mojuí dos Campos. It was once
home to the Tapajós Indians, a tribe of Native Americans after which the river
was named, and the leaders of a large, agricultural chiefdom that flourished
before the arrival of Europeans. The Brazilian city is the home to the Roman
