Missão Tiriyó
Missão Tiriyó, sometimes also known by its native name Tawainen is an indigenous Tiriyó village situated near the headwaters of the Western Paru River in Brazil, near the border with Suriname.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet with 1,500 residents
- Description: Amerindian settlement in Brazil primarily inhabited by Tiriyó
- Also known as: “Tawainen” and “Tirios”
Missão Tiriyó
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Oriximiná Municipality, Pará, North, Brazil, South America
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Latitude
2.23216° or 2° 13′ 56″ northLongitude
-55.96117° or 55° 57′ 40″ westPopulation
1,500Elevation
347 metres (1,138 feet)Open location code
68J662JQ+VGOpenStreetMap ID
node 4715897283OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
12958056Wikidata ID
Q86738574
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Portuguese—“Missão Tiriyó” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Missão Tiriyó”
- Portuguese: “Aldeia Tiriós”
- Portuguese: “Missão Nova”
- Portuguese: “Tiriós”
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