Canutama is a

municipality 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 ...

located in the

Brazilian state 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 ...

of Amazonas, considered third largest city of the Purus Medium after

Lábrea Lábrea () is the southernmost municipality in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Economy The population of the Lábrea municipality was 46,882 as of 2020. Its area is . This makes it the sixth largest municipality in Amazonas by area and the ten ...

and

Tapauá Tapauá is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality located in the States of Brazil, Brazilian state of Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas. Its population was 17,015 (2020) and its area is 89,324 km2, making it the third largest municipalit ...

. Its population was 15,807 (2020) and its area is 29,820 km².

Geography

Conservation

The municipality contains part of the strictly-protected

Cuniã Ecological Station Cuniã Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica de Cuniã) is a strictly protected ecological station in the states of Amazonas and Rondônia, Brazil. It preserves an area of savannah parkland on the border of the Amazon rainforest. The cons ...

, an area of savannah parkland. The municipality contains most of the

Balata-Tufari National Forest The Balata-Tufari National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional de Balata-Tufari) is a national forest in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It was created to support sustainable extraction of forest products such as timber subject to restrictions and reg ...

, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2005. It contains part of the

Mapinguari National Park Mapinguari National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional Mapinguari) is a national park in the states of Rondônia and Amazonas, Brazil. It covers a large area of Amazon rainforest. The boundaries have been adjusted several times. Location The Mapingu ...

, a conservation unit created in 2008. It also contains the

Canutama Extractive Reserve The Canutama Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista Canutama is an extractive reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Location The Canutama Extractive Reserve is in the municipality of Canutama, Amazonas. It has an area of . The reserv ...

, created in 2009. It contains 2% of the

Tapauá State Forest The Tapauá State Forest ( pt, Floresta Estadual Tapauá) is a state forest in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Location The Tapauá State Forest is divided between the municipalities of Tapauá (97.9%) and Canutama (2.1%) in the state of Amazon ...

, also created in 2009.

History

During its beginning, it received some denominations: in 1874, it was established with the name of New Colony of Beautiful Sight, and in 1891, Ville of Our Lady of Nazare. From 1895 it only received the name for which today we know it: Canutama.

References

Municipalities in Amazonas (Brazilian state) {{AmazonasBR-geo-stub