Canutama

Canutama is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, considered third largest city of the Purus Medium after Lábrea and Tapauá.

Canutama
Municipality
Flag of Canutama
Flag
Location of the municipality inside Amazonas
Location of the municipality inside Amazonas
Canutama is located in Brazil
Canutama
Canutama
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 6°32′2″S 64°22′58″W
Country Brazil
RegionNorth
State Amazonas
Population
 (2020)
 • Total15,807
Time zoneUTC−4 (AMT)

Its population was 15,807 (2020)[1] and its area is 29,820 km².[2]

Geography

Conservation

The municipality contains part of the strictly-protected Cuniã Ecological Station, an area of savannah parkland.[3] The municipality contains most of the Balata-Tufari National Forest, a 1,079,670 hectares (2,667,900 acres) sustainable use conservation unit created in 2005.[4] It contains part of the Mapinguari National Park, a 1,776,914 hectares (4,390,850 acres) conservation unit created in 2008.[5] It also contains the 197,986 hectares (489,230 acres) Canutama Extractive Reserve, created in 2009.[6] It contains 2% of the 881,704 hectares (2,178,740 acres) Tapauá State Forest, also created in 2009.[7]

History

During its beginning, it received some denominations: in 1874, it was established with the name of New Colony of Beautiful Sight, and in 1891, Ville of Our Lady of Nazare. From 1895 it only received the name for which today we know it: Canutama.

References
  1. IBGE 2020
  2. IBGE – "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2008-06-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Unidade de Conservação: Estação Ecológica de Cuniã (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-16
  4. FLONA de Balata-Tufari (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-03
  5. PARNA Mapinguari (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-02
  6. RESEX Canutama (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-02
  7. FES Tapauá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-02
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