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List Of Municipalities In Amapá
This is a list of the municipalities in the States of Brazil, state of Amapá, Amapá (AP), located in the North Region, Brazil, North Region of Brazil. Amapá is divided into 16 Municipalities of Brazil, municipalities, which are grouped into 4 Microregions of Brazil, microregions, which are grouped into 2 Mesoregions of Brazil, mesoregions. Districts Some municipalities are subdivided in . See also *Geography of Brazil *List of cities in Brazil References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
States Of Brazil
The federative units of Brazil ( pt, unidades federativas do Brasil) are subnational entities with a certain degree of autonomy (self-government, self-regulation and self-collection) and endowed with their own government and constitution, which together form the Federative Republic of Brazil. There are 26 states (') and one federal district ('). The states are generally based on historical, conventional borders which have developed over time. The states are divided into municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ..., while the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District assumes the competences of both a state and a municipality. Government The government of each state of Brazil is divided into executive branch, executive, legislative branch, legislative and jud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedra Branca Do Amapari
Pedra Branca do Amapari () (''White Stone of Amaphary''), also known simply as Amapari, is a municipality located in the midwest of the state of Amapá in Brazil. Its population is 17,067 and its area is . The municipality has a population density of 1.13/km2, and the population remains even divided between rural and village areas. Geography Pedra Branca do Amapari is bordered by the municipalities of Oiapoque to the north, Serra do Navio to the east, Porto Grande to the southeast, Mazagão to the south, and Laranjal do Jari to the west. The town is rich in rivers and streams (igarapé). The Amapari River and its tributaries, the Mururé, Tucumpi and Cupixi, all cross through the municipality. The Amapari River feeds in to the Araguari River in the southwest of the town. The municipality contains 12% of the Rio Iratapuru Sustainable Development Reserve, created in 1997. It contains 6.39% of the Amapá State Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit established in 2006. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mazagão Velho
Mazagão Velho is a district and town in the Brazilian municipality of Mazagão, in the state of Amapá. The town was founded in 1773 by refugees from the former colony of Mazagão in Morocco. Mazagão Velho is known for the Festival of São Tiago which takes place between 16 to 28 July, and re-enacts the war between the Moors and the Christians. History In 1769, the Portuguese colony of Mazagão in Morocco (nowadays called El Jadida) was abandoned. A total of 2,092 inhabitants of the colony were resettled, and 1,855 were sent to Belém, Brazil where they arrived in 1770. In 1773, the town of Mazagão Velho was founded in the interior of Amapá to house the refugees. By 1777, only 343 had remained in Belém. The economy of the town was centred around rice and cotton production using Amerindian slave labour. The settlement did not prosper. The isolation in the middle of the Amazon rainforest, epidemics, and failed rice harvests led to a large part of the population leaving the to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carvão
Carvão is a district in the Brazilian municipality of Mazagão, in the state of Amapá. It is located along the . Overview Carvão was founded in 1914 as a coal miners community. It developed into an agricultural community, however the public sector and wage labour have become the backbone of the economy in the 21st century, and agriculture has become limited to subsistence farming. The village is connected to the AP-010 road which provides access to Santana and Macapá Macapá () is a city in Brazil with a population of 512,902 (2020 estimation). It is the capital of Amapá state in the country's North Region. It is located on the northern channel of the Amazon River near its mouth on the Atlantic Ocean. The c .... The village has a school, and has received access to clean drinking water. In 1995, Carvão became a district of Mazagão. References Populated places in Amapá Populated places established in 1914 {{AmapáBR-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fazendinha
Fazendinha is a district in the Brazilian municipality of Macapá in the state of Amapá. It is the main beach for the capital Macapá. Overview Fazendinha is a suburb located between Macapá and Santana on the AP-010 road. The town is home to the main beach for the capital, and is known for its carnival celebration. The Fazendinha Exhibition Park is located in the town. It is mainly used as a livestock market. ExpoBúfalo is an annual livestock show of buffalos, and the highlight of the show is a rodeo. In 1988, Fazendinha became a district of Macapá. Nature The Fazendinha Environmental Protection Area, the oldest protected area of Amapá, is located in the district. The protected area was created in 1974, and received its current extend in 2004. The protected area contains floodplain forests, and is home to agoutis, sloths, giant anteaters, and giant armadillo The giant armadillo (''Priodontes maximus''), colloquially ''tatu-canastra'', ''tatou'', ''ocarro'' or ''t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bailique
Bailique is a district in the Brazilian municipality of Macapá, in the state of Amapá. Bailique is an archipelago of islands in the Amazon River. It consists of eight major islands. The district is limited to the north by the Araguari River, to the south by Canal do Norte, and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. In 1936, the islands became a district of the capital Macapá. Islands The islands of the archipelago are: * Ilha de Bailique * Ilha do Brigue * Ilha Curuá * Ilha do Faustino * Ilha do Franco * Ilha dos Marinheiros * Igarapé do Meio * Ilha Parazinho, an unhabitated island which nowadays contains Parazinho Biological Reserve. The majority of settlements are rural villages made of stilt houses along the rivers and coast. The infrastructure on the islands is limited. There are several primary schools, and one high school, but there are no clinics, no clean drinking water, and no ferry to the mainland. The archipelago is positioned at a location where different biomes mee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lourenço
Lourenço is a town and district in the Brazilian municipality of Calçoene, in the interior of the state of Amapá. The main economic activities of the town is gold mining. It is one of the oldest mines in Brazil. History Gold mining in Lourenço began in the 19th century. In 1894, at the height of the gold rush, there were 6,000 to 10,000 gold miners in the area around the Calçoene River. In 1984, Mineração Novo Astro (MNA) and Mineração Yukio Yoshidome (MYYSA) were awarded concessions for mining on an industrial scale. This resulted in conflicts with the ''garimpeiros'' (illegal gold prospectors). In 1992, the Mining Cooperative of Garimpeiros of Lourenço (COOGAL) was founded, and the concessions were transferred to COOGAL in 1994. As of 2014, COOGAL operates five mining concessions and employs 1,100 ''garimpeiros''. The official census figures for the district are an underestimation, and the actual population is estimated at 4,500 people. Lourenço is located in an are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cunani, Calçoene
Cunani (also Counani) is a district in the Brazilian municipality of Calçoene, in the interior of the state of Amapá. According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), its population in 2010 was 940 inhabitants, 516 men and 424 women, with a total of 343 private households. Cunani is a recognised Quilombo (escaped slaves) settlement. It was also the capital of two unrecognised countries. History The dispute between France and Brazil about the region between the Oiapoque and the Amazon River in the 19th century attracted escaped Brazilian slaves to the region. The Quilombo were joined by French and Brazilian traders and adventurers. Between 1886 and 1891, the town of Cunani was the capital of the unrecognised Republic of Independent Guiana, In 1900, the territory was awarded to Brazil. Not withstanding that fact, Cunani became the capital of the unrecognised Free State of Counani between 1901 and 1904. In the 20th century, Brazilian migrants settled in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sucuriju
Sucuriju is a fishing village and district in the Brazilian municipality of Amapá, in the state of Amapá. The village is located on the Sucuriju River near the Atlantic Ocean. History Sucuriju is on the South American continent, however it is surrounded by the Lago Piratuba Biological Reserve which gives the village island characteristics. The village started with a couple of factories used by the fishermen of the . In the 1920s, residential houses were constructed around the factories. Sucuriju consists of a hundred buildings on a bridge parallel to the river. It contains a school, a health post, a Catholic church and a Pentecostal church. The economy of Sucuriju is based on fishing. Both the nearby lakes and the Atlantic coast are being fished. The village can only be accessed by boat and is located about 12 hours from Amapá Amapá () is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is in the northern region of Brazil. It is the second least populous state and the eighteenth larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitória Do Jari
Vitória do Jari (), (''Jari's Victory'') is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality located in the southernmost tip of the state of Amapá in Brazil. Its population is 16,254 and its area is . Vitória do Jari has a population density of 5.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. The town is located on the Jari River on the other side of Munguba, and was originally called Beiradinho. History The town started as a shanty town for the Jari project. It was originally called Beiradinho. People in the informal economy who worked in Munguba could not afford housing in the Munguba or Monte Dourado. In 1994, the town was renamed Vitória do Jari and became an independent municipality. Nature The municipality contains 17% of the Rio Cajari Extractive Reserve, created in 1990. Economy The economy is based on agricultural with an emphasis on corn, bananas, and watermelons, and cattle and buffalo ranches. CADAM, a kaolinite, kaolin mining company is a major employer in the region. Jarilândi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mazagão
Mazagão ( pt, Município de Mazagão}, ) is a municipality located in the south of the state of Amapá in Brazil. Its population is 22,053 and its area is . Mazagão Velho located in the municipality of Mazagão is known for the Festival of São Tiago which takes place between 16 to 28 July, and re-enacts the war between the Moors and Christians. Overview The city was named after the Portuguese colony Mazagão in North Africa, now El Jadida, in which the Portuguese got kicked in 1769 after some 250 years of occupation. Many of its inhabitants were evacuated to Brazil, where they founded a new settlement ''Nova Mazagão'', now known as ''Mazagão Velho''. A total of 340 families arrived in the city of Belém in 1770 and in 1773 went to Nova Mazagão. One of the main theories on the origin of the name of Mazagaon - one of the original Seven Islands of Bombay and still a historic neighborhood of Mumbai, India - derives this name, too, from the Moroccan city, since both were under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laranjal Do Jari
Laranjal do Jari () (''Jari Orangery'') is a municipality located in the west of the state of Amapá in Brazil. It is the only municipality in the west boundaries of Amapá, except for a small part of Vitória do Jari. Its population is 51,362 and its area is 30,783 km², which makes it the largest municipality of Amapá. History The land was originally inhabited by Amerindians. Later businessmen set up rubber plantations. The largest plantation was owned by who owned of land which made him the biggest landowner at the time. In 1948, his tenants revolted and he was forced to sell the land to Portuguese businessmen who sold it to Daniel K. Ludwig, an American billionaire, in 1964. In 1967, Ludwig conceived the Jari project. He wanted to replace the rainforest with ''Gmelina arborea'' for the pulp industry. A planned city called Monte Dourado was built in Almeirim, however it was unable to provide housing for all the workers, and a shanty town called Beiradão emerged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
