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4 unusual facts about Altamira


Altamira, Pará

It is the largest municipality in the Americas by area, and the second in the world, after Jiuquan, China.

Disappearance and displacement of Mario Segura

At the time of his abduction, Segura was the Internet portal director for "El Sol del Sur Tampico", and he maintained the "Timely Alert" (Alerta Opurtuna) blog, which tracked drug-related violence and crime in the newspaper's coverage in the municipalities of Altamira, Madero, Ciudad Mante, Nuevo Laredo, and Reynosa.

General Francisco Javier Mina International Airport

It handles national and international air traffic of the metropolitan area of Tampico, Ciudad Madero and Altamira.

Ossubtus xinguense

It originates from the Xingu River basin, but is restricted to the rapids area around Altamira City, Pará, Brazil.


Émile Cartailhac

After changing his opinion about Altamira, he became one of the founders of the studies of the cave art and one of the scientists (together with e. g. Henri Breuil) who recognised its importance.

Francisco Goitia

Goitia was born in Patillos, Zacatecas on October 4, 1882, the illegitimate son of Andrea Altamira and hacienda administrator of Basque origin, Francisco Bolain and Goitia.

José Bernardo de Tagle y Bracho, 1st Marquis of Torre Tagle

He then married Doña Rosa Juliana Sánchez de Tagle; who was also a member of an important Cantabrian aristocratic family originated from Santillana del Mar, which apparently beloned to the Marquis of Altamira and shared a common ancestor with the Marquis of Torre Tagle.

Ordizia KE

ground = Altamira, Ordizia,
Basque Country,
Spain


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