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Oiapoque Sights

Marco Inicial do Brazil

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Lonely Planet review for 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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