Amapá (municipality)
Amapá ([ɐmɐˈpa] (
listen)) is a municipality located in the easternmost portion of the homonymous state of Amapá in Brazil. Its population is 9,187 and its area is 9,169 square kilometres (3,540 sq mi).
Amapá | |
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 Seal | |
 Location of Amapá in Amapá State | |
| Coordinates: 02°03′10″N 50°47′34″W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | North |
| State | Amapá |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Carlos Sampaio (PMN) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,540 sq mi (9,169 km2) |
| Elevation | 26 ft (8 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 9,187 |
| • Density | 2.09/sq mi (0.808/km2) |
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| Time zone | UTC-3 (UTC-3) |
| HDI (2000) | 0.72 – medium[2] |
The municipality is home to part of the Lago Piratuba Biological Reserve.[3] It also contains the Maracá-Jipioca Ecological Station, which covers two very low-lying islands just off the coast with rich biodiversity.[4] It contains 6.32% of the 2,369,400 hectares (5,855,000 acres) Amapá State Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit established in 2006.[5] It contains 3.08% of the 460,353 hectares (1,137,560 acres) Amapá National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 1989.[6]
References
- IBGE 2020
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2009-12-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) UNDP
- Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Biológica do Lago Piratuba, MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-04-27
- Unidade de Conservação: Estação ecológica de Maracá-Jipioca (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-04-16
- FES do Amapá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-07-06
- FLONA do Amapá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-07-06
Capital: Macapá | ||
| Amapá |  | |
| Macapá | ||
| Mazagão | ||
| Oiapoque | ||
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