Lábrea

Lábrea
Municipality
Municipality of Lábrea
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Lábrea Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 07°15′32″S 64°47′52″W / 7.25889°S 64.79778°WCoordinates: 07°15′32″S 64°47′52″W / 7.25889°S 64.79778°W
Country	Brazil
Region	North
State	Amazonas
Founded	March 7, 1881
Government
• Mayor	Gean Campos de Barros (PMDB)
Area
• Total	68,508.6 km^2 (26,451.3 sq mi)
Highest elevation	75 m (246 ft)
Lowest elevation	61 m (200 ft)
Population (2008)
• Total	38,451
• Density	0.4/km^2 (1/sq mi)
	[1]
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
HDI (2000)	0.598 – medium[2]

Lábrea (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈlabɾjɐ]) is the southernmost municipality in the Brazilian state of Amazonas.

Economy

The population of the Lábrea municipality was 38,451 as of 2008. Its area is 68,508.6 square kilometres (26,451.3 sq mi).^[3] This makes it the sixth largest municipality in Amazonas by area and the tenth largest in Brazil. The town is the seat of the Territorial Prelature of Lábrea. Lábrea Airport is served by scheduled regular air connections.

Conservation

The municipality contains the Iquiri National Forest, a 1,472,599 hectares (3,638,870 acres) sustainable use conservation unit created in 2008.^[4] The municipality also contains part of the Mapinguari National Park, a 1,776,914 hectares (4,390,850 acres) conservation unit created in 2008.^[5] It contains the 776,940 hectares (1,919,900 acres) Ituxi Extractive Reserve, created in 2008.^[6] It contains 91% of the 604,209 hectares (1,493,030 acres) Médio Purus Extractive Reserve, created in 2008.^[7]

References

1. IBGE 2008 statistics
2. UNDP
3. IBGE -
4. Unidade de Conservação: Floresta Nacional do Iquiri (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-02
5. PARNA Mapinguari (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-02
6. RESEX Ituxi (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-30
7. RESEX Médio Purus (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-03