Tapauá

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Tapauá
Municipality
Location of the municipality inside Amazonas
Location of the municipality inside Amazonas
Tapauá is located in Brazil
Tapauá
Tapauá
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 5°37′40″S 63°10′58″W / 5.62778°S 63.18278°W / -5.62778; -63.18278
Country Brazil
RegionNorth
State Amazonas
Area
 • Total
89,324 km2 (34,488 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
17,015
 • Density0.19049/km2 (0.49336/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−4 (AMT)

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.

Geography

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Conservation

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The municipality contains the 233,864-hectare (577,890-acre) Abufari Biological Reserve, a strictly protected area.[3] It contains 30.35% of the 1,008,167-hectare (2,491,230-acre) Piagaçu-Purus Sustainable Development Reserve, established in 2003.[4] The municipality contains about 9% of the Balata-Tufari National Forest, a 1,079,670-hectare (2,667,900-acre) 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-hectare (2,008,340-acre) protected area established in 2008.[6] It contains 0.33% of the 604,209-hectare (1,493,030-acre) Médio Purus Extractive Reserve, created in 2008.[7] It contains 98% of the 881,704-hectare (2,178,740-acre) Tapauá State Forest, created in 2009.[8]

References

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  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ IBGE - [1]
  3. ^ Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Biológica do Abufari (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-04-24{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  4. ^ RDS Piagaçu-Purus (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-20{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  5. ^ FLONA de Balata-Tufari (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-03{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  6. ^ FLONA do Iquiri (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-02{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  7. ^ RESEX Médio Purus (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-03{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  8. ^ FES Tapauá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-02{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)


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