Ferreira Gomes

Coordinates: 00°51′28″N 51°10′48″W / 0.85778°N 51.18000°W

Ferreira Gomes
Municipality
Municipio de Ferreira Gomes
Location of Ferreira Gomes in the State of Amapá
Coordinates: 00°51′28″N 51°10′48″W / 0.85778°N 51.18000°W
Country	Brazil
Region	North
State	Amapá
Founded	December 17, 1987
Government
• Mayor	Elcias Guimarães Borges (PMDB)
Area
• Total	5,046.696 km^2 (1,948.540 sq mi)
Population (2014)
• Total	6,714
• Density	1.15/km^2 (3.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4

Ferreira Gomes is a municipality located in the center of the state of Amapá in Brazil. Its population is 6,714 and its area is 5,047 square kilometres (1,949 sq mi).^[1]

The municipality contains 3.64% of the 2,369,400 hectares (5,855,000 acres) Amapá State Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit established in 2006.^[2] It also contains 44.07% of the 460,353 hectares (1,137,560 acres) Amapá National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 1989.^[3]

References

1. "Ferreira Gomes" (in Portuguese). Brasília: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-31.
2. FES do Amapá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-07-06
3. FLONA do Amapá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-07-06