Algodoal-Maiandeua Environmental Protection Area
The Algodoal-Maiandeua Environmental Protection Area ( pt, Área de Proteção Ambiental de Algodoal-Maiandeua) is an environmental protection area in the state of Pará, Brazil. It protects two coastal islands with beaches, dunes, mangroves and wetlands that are home to fishing people and are popular with tourists. Location The Algodoal-Maiandeua Environmental Protection Area is in the municipality of Maracanã, Pará. It is on the northeast coast of Pará in the Salgado microregion. The Atlantic Ocean is to the north and the Mocooca channel to the south. The Maracanã River estuary is to the east and the Marapanim River estuary to the west. The APA is bounded to the south by the Maracanã Marine Extractive Reserve. The Mestre Lucindo Marine Extractive Reserve is opposite the APA to the west. The APA has an area of about and consists of two islands separated by an intermittent tidal channel called the ''Furo Velho''. Algodoal Island has and contains Algodoal village, Princ ...
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Maracanã, Pará
Maracanã, Pará is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the states of Brazil, state of Pará in the Northern Region, Brazil, Northern region of Brazil. The municipality contains the lower reaches of the Maracanã River (Pará), Maracanã River, which is joined by the Caripi River (Maracanã), Caripi River before widening into Maracanã Bay and emptying into the Atlantic Ocean beside Maiandeua Island. The banks of the rivers are protected by the Maracanã Marine Extractive Reserve, created in 2002. The municipality contains the Algodoal-Maiandeua Environmental Protection Area, created in 1990. See also *List of municipalities in Pará References

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