Brazilians refer to the city as Belém do Pará to differentiate it from Bethlehem , the Palestinian City .
Brazilians often refer to the city as Belém do Pará ( `` Belém of Pará '' ) rather than just Belém , a reference to an earlier name for the city , Santa Maria de Belém do Grão Pará , and also to differentiate it from a number of other towns called Belém in Brazil , as well as the Palestinian city of Bethlehem .