Captaincy of Grão Pará
Captaincy of Grão-Pará Capitania do Grão-Pará | |
|---|---|
| Capital | Belém, Pará |
| Official languages | Portuguese |
| Religion | Catholicism |
| Government | Absolute monarchy |
| Legislature | Cortes (politics) |
| History | |
• Established | 1621 |
• Changed to Province | 28 February 1821 |
| Currency | Réis |
| Today part of | Brazil |
The Capitania of Grão-Pará, in English Captaincy of Grão-Pará (region initially called pa'ra, from Tupi-Guarani: "river-sea") was one of the administrative units of Colonial Brazil (in Portuguese America), created in 1621 along with the State of Grão-Pará and Maranhão, from the evolution of the Conquista do Pará (or Empire of Amazonas) a Portuguese colonial territory created in 1616 by Alexandre de Moura in the Captaincy of Maranhão.