Canutama

Canutama
Municipality

Location of the municipality inside Amazonas
Canutama

Location in Brazil

Coordinates: 6°32′2″S 64°22′58″W / 6.53389°S 64.38278°W / -6.53389; -64.38278Coordinates: 6°32′2″S 64°22′58″W / 6.53389°S 64.38278°W / -6.53389; -64.38278
Country  Brazil
Region North
State Amazonas
Time zone BRT (UTC−4)
 • Summer (DST) DST no longer used (UTC−4)

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

Its population was 9,880 (2005) and its area is 29,820 km².[1]

Conservation

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

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 - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
  2. ↑ Unidade de Conservação: Estação Ecológica de Cuniã (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-16
  3. ↑ FLONA de Balata-Tufari (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-03
  4. ↑ PARNA Mapinguari (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-02
  5. ↑ RESEX Canutama (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-02
  6. ↑ FES Tapauá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-02
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