Carauari 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. Its population was 28,508 (2020) and its area is 25,767 km².
The city is served by
Carauari Airport.
Environment
The town is in the
Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoregion.
The municipality contains about 5% of the
Tefé National Forest
The Tefé National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional de Tefé) is a national forest in Amazonas, Brazil.
It protects a relatively well-preserved area of Amazon rainforest to the south of the town of Tefé on the Solimões River (upper Amazon River) ...
, created in 1989.
The municipality contains
Médio Juruá Extractive Reserve, created in 1997, on the left bank of the meandering
Juruá River
The Juruá River (Portuguese ''Rio Juruá''; Spanish ''Río Yuruá'') is a southern affluent river of the Amazon River west of the Purus River, sharing with this the bottom of the immense inland Amazon depression, and having all the characteristic ...
.
It also contains the
Uacari Sustainable Development Reserve
The Uacari Sustainable Development Reserve ( pt, Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável de Uacari) is a sustainable development reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.
As of 2011 the reserve supported about 265 traditional extractive families. ...
, created in 2005.
Climate
References
Municipalities in Amazonas (Brazilian state)
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