São Félix do Xingu São Félix do Xingu São Félix do Xingu is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil. The city is served by São Félix do Xingu Airport. With an area of , it is the third largest municipality in Pará and the sixth largest in Brazil. The municipality contains part of the Tapirapé Biological Reserve, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 1989. It contains part of the Tapirapé-Aquiri National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 1989. It also contains part of the Terra do Meio Ecological Station, a strictly protected conservation unit
Xingu River extracting from the river most of what they need for food and water. The Brazilian government is building the Belo Monte Dam, which will be the world's third-largest hydroelectric dam, on the Lower Xingu. Construction of this dam is under legal challenge by environment and indigenous groups, who assert the dam would have negative environmental and social impacts along with reducing the flow by up to 80% along a stretch known as the Volta Grande ("Big Bend"). The river flow in this stretch is highly complex and includes major sections of rapids. More than 450 fish species have been documented