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There is also a town named Óbidos in Portugal. See Óbidos, Portugal.

Óbidos, Pará, Brazil, lies on the Amazon River bank

Óbidos is a town in Pará, Brazil located at the narrowest and swiftest part of the Amazon River. Its an old town founded in 1697, and located between Santarem and Oriximiná. The town is the seat of the Territorial Prelature of Óbidos. The town was named after Óbidos, Portugal.

Further reading

• Columbia-Lippincott Gazeteer. (New York City: Columbia University Press, 1952) p. 1362.

Coordinates: 1°54′S 55°31′W / 1.9°S 55.517°W / -1.9; -55.517