Anapu

Anapu is a city in Pará, Brazil. Its population in 2020 was 28,607 inhabitants. The territorial area of Anapu is 11,895 km².[2]

Anapu
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Location in Pará state
Anapu
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 03°28′20″S 51°11′52″W
CountryBrazil
RegionNorth
StatePará
Area
  Total11,895 km2 (4,593 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 [1])
  Total28,607
  Density2.4/km2 (6.2/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-03:00 (BRT)

Anapu's rain forests are subject to massive clearcutting.

Anapu attracted international attention on February 12, 2005, when the American-born, naturalized Brazilian citizen Sister Dorothy Stangmember of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, and advocate for the rural poor of the Amazon Rainforestwas murdered there.

References

  1. IBGE 2020
  2. "IBGE | Cidades | Pará | Anapu". cidades.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 2016-05-19.


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