Oiapoque Sights

  1. Marco Inicial do Brazil

    Oiapoque was long thought to mark the northernmost point of Brazil. The saying Do Oiapoque ao Chuí (from Oiapoque to Chuí) is still a common phrase meaning all of Brazil. The town itself has a monument - Marco Inicial do Brazil and a motto, Aqui comença o Brazil (Brazil starts here) - to mark the distinction. The only problem is that it is not the northernmost point: Monte Caburaí, on the Venezuelan border in Roraima, beats it by a good hundred kilometers!

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