Itapiranga 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 state of Amazonas

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on the left bank of the

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about 200 km east of Manaus. Its population was 9,230 (2020) and its area is 4,231 km². The name is of Indian origin, and was given to a quarry which has a port. It comes from ''ita'', stone and ''pitanga'', red, so the name means "red stone". The municipality contains about 40% of the

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, which protects the lower part of the

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basin.

History

It was founded in 1931 as a suburb of

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References

Municipalities in Amazonas (Brazilian state) Populated places on the Amazon {{AmazonasBR-geo-stub