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Santarém (səntərĕm`), town (1991 pop. 23,690), capital of Santarém dist. and Ribatejo, W central Portugal, above the right bank of the Tagus River. Food processing, tourism, and the export of agricultural produce are important industries. The town has been important since Roman times because of its strategic location along the approaches to Lisbon. It was retaken from the Moors by the first king of Portugal, Alfonso I, in 1147. |
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| The configurations of ripples preserved in the rocks at Santarem and Manaus bolster the notion that the ancient river flowed in that direction, he adds. If BR-163 were completely paved and thus usable for transport, I could truck export soybeans to the Santarem port, instead of to the clogged southern port of Paranagua, which is much farther away. Mercury contamination in fish from Santarem, Para, Brazil. |
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