The island of Maracujá is located between the municipalities of Belém and Acará. By the state division the island belongs to Acará, but the Municipality of Belém also recognises it as part of it. The island is a rural territory with approximately 135 families. The territory is by the riverside and the economic activity is mainly based on extractive practices such as the predominant collection of cocoa and açaí. The products are sold at fairs and ports in Belém, and also used for consumption by the families themselves. In addition to the riverside identity, part of the residents call themselves quilombola, even though the territory is not officially recognised as such. In 2018, the Quilombola Association of Riverside Residents of the Juçara and Jenipauba Islands of Maracujá was created. It helps students to enter the University through the special quilombola selection process. The island's access is only through the river, and its isolation condition allows the community's greater control over land occupation, so that the plots are not sold to outsiders. Due to its insular condition influenced by the navy, the island belongs to the Union (federal land). Since 2008 the island has been demarcated as an Agroextractivist Settlement Project by the National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform (INCRA). In the same year the plots were divided and its possession condition formalised.