Humaitá is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 56,144 (2020)[1] and its area is 33,072 km2.[2] The city is located on the banks of the Madeira River.
Humaitá | |
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Municipality of Humaita | |
Nickname: "Princesa do Madeira" ("The Princess of the Madeira") | |
Coordinates: 07°30′22″S 63°01′15″W / 7.50611°S 63.02083°W | |
Country | Brazil |
Region | North |
State | Amazonas |
Demonym | humaitaense |
Founded | February 4, 1890 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Jose Cidenei Lobo do Nascimento (PMDB) |
Area | |
• Total | 33,071.667 km2 (12,769.042 sq mi) |
Elevation | 90 m (300 ft) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 56,144 |
• Density | 1.34/km2 (3.5/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−4 (AMT) |
Website | http://www.humaita.am.gov.br |
The city is served by Humaitá Airport. The Trans-Amazonian Highway passes through the city.
Geography
editThe municipality contains part of the strictly-protected Cuniã Ecological Station, an area of cerrado savanna parkland.[3] It contains 5% of the Campos Amazônicos National Park, a 961,318 hectares (2,375,470 acres) protected area created in 2006 that protects an unusual enclave of cerrado vegetation in the Amazon rainforest.[4] It also contains the Humaitá National Forest, a 473,155 hectares (1,169,190 acres) sustainable use conservation unit created in 1998.[5]
References
edit- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ IBGE - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2007-02-20.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Unidade de Conservação: Estação Ecológica de Cuniã (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-16
- ^ PARNA dos Campos Amazônicos (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-03
- ^ Unidade de Conservação: Floresta Nacional de Humaitá (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-03