Tapauá is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 17,015 (2020)[1] and its area is 89,324 km2,[2] making it the third largest municipality in Amazonas and the fifth largest in Brazil, comparable to South Carolina or Jordan.
Tapauá | |
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 Location of the municipality inside Amazonas | |
  Tapauá Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 5°37′40″S 63°10′58″W / 5.62778°S 63.18278°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | North |
| State |  Amazonas |
| Area | |
| • Total | 89,324 km2 (34,488 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 17,015 |
| • Density | 0.19/km2 (0.49/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AMT) |
Geography edit
Conservation edit
The municipality contains the 233,864 hectares (577,890 acres) Abufari Biological Reserve, a strictly protected area.[3] It contains 30.35% of the 1,008,167 hectares (2,491,230 acres) Piagaçu-Purus Sustainable Development Reserve, established in 2003.[4] The municipality contains about 9% of the Balata-Tufari National Forest, a 1,079,670 hectares (2,667,900 acres) sustainable use conservation unit created in 2005.[5] The municipality also contains about 94% of the Nascentes do Lago Jari National Park, an 812,745 hectares (2,008,340 acres) protected area established in 2008.[6] It contains 0.33% of the 604,209 hectares (1,493,030 acres) Médio Purus Extractive Reserve, created in 2008.[7] It contains 98% of the 881,704 hectares (2,178,740 acres) Tapauá State Forest, created in 2009.[8]
References edit
- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ IBGE - [1]
- ^ Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Biológica do Abufari (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-04-24
- ^ RDS Piagaçu-Purus (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-20
- ^ FLONA de Balata-Tufari (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-03
- ^ FLONA do Iquiri (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-02
- ^ RESEX Médio Purus (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-03
- ^ FES Tapauá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-02
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