Jutaí
Jutaí is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population is 13,886 (2020)[2] and its area is 69,552 km²,[3] making it the fifth largest municipality in Amazonas by area and the ninth largest in Brazil.
Jutaí | |
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Municipality | |
Municipality of Jutaí | |
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Nickname(s): "Juta" | |
Motto(s): Jutaí lidera a calha do Juruá (Jutaí leads the rain gutter of Jaruá [river]) | |
![]() Location of Jutaí in the State of Amazonas | |
Coordinates: 02°44′49″S 66°46′01″W | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | North |
State | ![]() |
Founded | 1728 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Asclepiades Costa de Souza (PR) |
Area | |
• Total | 69,552 km2 (26,854 sq mi) |
Elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 13,886 |
• Density | 026/km2 (70/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (DST no longer used) |
Area code(s) | +55 92 |
HDI (2000) | 0.533 – medium[1] |
Website | Manaus, Amazonas |
Conservation
The municipality is in the Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoregion.[4] It contains parts of the Jutaí-Solimões Ecological Station.[5] It contains the 275,533 hectares (680,860 acres) Rio Jutaí Extractive Reserve, created in 2002.[6] The municipality contains the 2,450,380 hectares (6,055,000 acres) Cujubim Sustainable Development Reserve, established in 2003.[7] This is the largest conservation unit in Amazonas and the largest sustainable development reserve in the world.[8]
References
- Archived 2009-10-03 at the Wayback Machine - UNDP
- IBGE 2020
- IBGE - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 11, 2008. Retrieved June 11, 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Sears, Robin, South America: Amazon Basin, northwestern Brazil (NT0133), WWF: World Wildlife Fund, retrieved 2017-03-28
- Unidade de Conservação: Estação Ecológica de Jutaí-Solimões.
- RESEX do Rio Jutaí – ISA, Informações gerais.
- RDS Cujubim – ISA, Informações gerais.
- RDS Cujubim – ISA, Características.
Sources
- RDS Cujubim (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-07-25
- RESEX do Rio Jutaí (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-10-21
- Unidade de Conservação: Estação Ecológica de Jutaí-Solimões (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-04
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