Welcome to Tucuruí!
Tucuruí is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil. The city is served by Tucuruí Airport.
The name Tucuruí is a Tupi word that means "river of ants" or "river of locusts". It's the concatenation of two Tupi words: tukura (ants, locusts) and 'y (water).
The city is very famous because of its colossal Dam, the Tucuruí Dam which is administered by Eletrobrás Eletronorte - the constructor company of this large infrastructure project.