Monument sights in Oiapoque
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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!
Oiapoque took the news in stride, tweaking its claim to say the town has the northernmost coastline, which is true.
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