Ferreira Gomes () 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 center of the state of
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 Fr ...
in
Brazil
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. Its population is 7,967 and its area is .
The town began as the military headquarters of
Pedro II and was founded by João Ferreira Gomes. In 1989, it became an independent municipality.
Nature
The municipality contains 3.64% of the
Amapá State Forest
The Amapá State Forest ( pt, Floresta Estadual do Amapá) is a state forest in the state of Amapá, Brazil.
Location
The Amapá State Forest is divided between the municipalities of Tartarugalzinho (7.64%), Pracuúba (4.52%), Porto Grande (7.72% ...
, a sustainable use conservation unit established in 2006.
It also contains 44.07% of the
Amapá National Forest
The Amapá National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional do Amapá) is a national forest in the state of Amapá, Brazil. It supports sustainable exploitation of the natural resources in an area of Amazon rainforest in the Guiana Shield.
Location
The A ...
, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 1989.
Economy
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The economy is mainly based on agriculture and
livestock
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in particular cattle and buffalo. The main agricultural products are
cassava
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, corn and bananas.
In the 1970s, pine plantations were established for the
pulp
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* Pulp (fruit), the inner flesh of fruit
Engineering
* Dissolving pulp, highly purified cellulose used in fibre and film manufacture
* Pulp (paper), the fibrous material used to make paper
* Molded pulp, a packaging material
* ...
industry.
Ferreira Gomes is located on the
BR-156
BR-156 is a federal highway of Brazil.
The road consists of 552 km between Oiapoque and Macapá, and 271 km between Macapá and Laranjal do Jari (except via Santana city), totalling 823 km of road through forest and savannah. Only the road betwe ...
highway.
Hydroelectric Plant
The Coaracy Nunes Hydroelectric Plant (''Usina Hidrelétrica Coaracy Nunes'') is a
hydroelectric power plant
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located on the
Araguari River.
It is near Vila do Paredão.
Construction started in the 1960s, and was completed in 1978. The plant consists of a 24.9 km
2 dam. Originally it only supplied to cities of
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 ...
and
Santana
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Transportation
* Volkswagen Santana, an automobile
* Santana Cycles, manufacturer of tandem bicycles
* Santana Motors, a former Spanish automobile manufacturer
Boats
* Santana 20, an American sailboat design by W. D. Sch ...
, but was later expanded for the whole region.
In 2015, the output was 78
MW.
References
External links
Official site(in Portuguese)
*
{{Municipalities of Amapá
Municipalities in Amapá
Populated places in Amapá