Juruá, Amazonas

Juruá
Municipality

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Location of the municipality inside Amazonas
Juruá

Location in Brazil

Coordinates: 3°28′51″S 66°4′8″W / 3.48083°S 66.06889°W / -3.48083; -66.06889Coordinates: 3°28′51″S 66°4′8″W / 3.48083°S 66.06889°W / -3.48083; -66.06889
Country  Brazil
Region North
State Amazonas
Time zone BRT (UTC−4)
  Summer (DST) DST no longer used (UTC−4)

Juruá is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 7,516 (2005) and its area is 19,400 km².[1]

The municipality contains 62% of the 187,982 hectares (464,510 acres) Baixo Juruá Extractive Reserve, created in 2001.[2] The municipality contains about 12% of the Tefé National Forest, created in 1989.[3]

References

  1. IBGE -
  2. RESEX do Baixo Juruá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-10-22
  3. FLONA de Tefé (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-10-19
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