Serra Pelada
Serra Pelada is a Brazilian village and district of the Municipality of Curionópolis, in the southeast of Pará State. A former boomtown, it is best known for its open-pit mine, which operated from 1980 until the early 90s and is now a polluted lake.
- Village with 1,300 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 309 metres (1,014 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code RSG
- …is also known as “Vila de Serra Pelada”
- Description: former large gold mine in Brazil
Places of Interest
Highlights include Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Serra Pelada.
Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Serra Pelada
Hospital
Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Serra Pelada is a hospital.
Serra Pelada
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Latitude
-5.94649° or 5° 56′ 47″ south
Longitude
-49.66121° or 49° 39′ 40″ west
UN/LOCODE
BR RSG
Open location code
686G383Q+CG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Serra Pelada” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “塞拉佩拉達”
- Chinese: “露天山”
- Dutch: “Serra Pelada”
- Esperanto: “Serra Pelada”
- Finnish: “Serra Pelada”
- French: “Serra Pelada”
- German: “Serra Pelada”
- Hungarian: “Serra Pelada”
- Italian: “Serra Pelada”
- Portuguese: “Serra Pelada”
- Portuguese: “Vila dos Garimpeiros”
- Russian: “Золотая лихорадка в Серра Пеладе”
- Russian: “Золотая лихорадка в Серра-Пеладе”
- Spanish: “Serra Pelada”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sub Prefeitura de Serra Pelada and Escola Municipal de Ensino Fundamental Angela Maria Correa Bezerra.
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