Tapauá

Tapauá
Municipality

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 / -5.62778; -63.18278Coordinates: 5°37′40″S 63°10′58″W / 5.62778°S 63.18278°W / -5.62778; -63.18278
Country  Brazil
Region North
State Amazonas
Time zone BRT (UTC−4)
 • Summer (DST) DST no longer used (UTC−4)

Tapauá is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 17,693 (2005) and its area is 89,324 km²,[1] making it the third largest municipality in Amazonas and the fifth largest in Brazil.

Conservation

The municipality contains the 233,864 hectares (577,890 acres) Abufari Biological Reserve, a strictly protected area.[2] It contains 30.35% of the 1,008,167 hectares (2,491,230 acres) Piagaçu-Purus Sustainable Development Reserve, established in 2003.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] It contains 0.33% of the 604,209 hectares (1,493,030 acres) Médio Purus Extractive Reserve, created in 2008.[6] It contains 98% of the 881,704 hectares (2,178,740 acres) Tapauá State Forest, created in 2009.[7]

References

  1. ↑ IBGE -
  2. ↑ Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Biológica do Abufari (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-04-24
  3. ↑ RDS Piagaçu-Purus (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-20
  4. ↑ FLONA de Balata-Tufari (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-03
  5. ↑ FLONA do Iquiri (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-02
  6. ↑ RESEX Médio Purus (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-03
  7. ↑ FES Tapauá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-02
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