Pedra Branca Do Amaparí
Pedra Branca do Amapari () (''White Stone of Amaphary''), also known simply as Amapari, is a Municipalities of Brazil, 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 (Amapá), 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 sustainabl ...
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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 largest by area. Located in the far northern part of the country, Amapá is bordered clockwise by French Guiana to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Pará to the south and west, and Suriname to the northwest. The capital and largest city is Macapá. The state has 0.4% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for only 0.22% of the Brazilian GDP. In the colonial period the region was called Portuguese Guiana and was part of Portuguese Empire, Portugal's State of Brazil. Later, the region was distinguished from the other The Guianas, Guianas. Amapá was once part of Pará, but became a separate territory in 1943, and a state in 1990. The dominant feature of the region, and 90 percent of its total area, is the Amazon Rainforest. Unexplored forests occupy 70 percent of Amapá, and Tumucumaque Mountains National Park, establish ...
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