Humaitá, Amazonas

Humaitá
Municipality
Municipality of Humaita

Humaita Cathedral

Flag
Seal
Nickname(s): "Princesa do Madeira" ("The Princess of the Madeira")

Amazonas state with Humaita municipality in red
Humaitá

Location in Brazil

Coordinates: 07°30′22″S 63°01′15″W / 7.50611°S 63.02083°W / -7.50611; -63.02083
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 (2012)
 • Total 45,954
 • Density 1.39/km2 (3.6/sq mi)
Time zone AST (UTC-4)
 • Summer (DST) DST no longer used (UTC-4)
Website http://www.humaita.am.gov.br

Humaitá is a town and municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 45,954 (2012) and its area is 33,072 km².[1] The city is located on the banks of the Madeira River.

The city is served by Humaitá Airport. The Trans-Amazonian Highway passes through the city.

The municipality contains part of the strictly-protected Cuniã Ecological Station, an area of cerrado savanna parkland.[2] 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.[3] It also contains the Humaitá National Forest, a 473,155 hectares (1,169,190 acres) sustainable use conservation unit created in 1998.[4]

References

  1. ↑ IBGE -
  2. ↑ Unidade de Conservação: Estação Ecológica de Cuniã (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-16
  3. ↑ PARNA dos Campos Amazônicos (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-03
  4. ↑ Unidade de Conservação: Floresta Nacional de Humaitá (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-03
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