São Domingos do Capim () is a Brazilian
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the state of
Pará
Pará () is a Federative units of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins (state), Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas (Brazilian st ...
. The estimated population is 32,139 (2020). It has an area of 1677 km
2.
The city is well known for hosting a world surfing championship in the
bore tides of the
Guamá River
The Guamá River is located in northeast Pará state in north-central Brazil. Its mouth forms the southern border of the state capital, Belém. Its watershed drains an area of . The navigability is feasible in the last of the river, from the mun ...
, a phenomenon which is locally referred to as the ''
pororoca
The Pororoca (, ) is a tidal bore, with waves up to high that travel as much as inland upstream on the Amazon River and adjacent rivers. Its name might come from the indigenous Tupi language, where it could translate into "great roar". It could ...
''. The championships take place between March and April.
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Municipalities in Pará
River surfing
Surfing locations in Brazil
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