Japurá is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

located in the

Brazilian state The federative units of Brazil () 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 together form the Federative Repu ...

of Amazonas. Its population was 2,251 (2020) and its area is 55,791 km² (21541 Mi²). It forms the Japurá

microregion Microregion is a designation for territorial entities. Austria Brazil Klaus Roth and Ulf Brunnbauer A microregion is a geographic region of a size between that of a community and that of a district.p. 18, "What's in a Region? Southeast Europ ...

together with the municipality

Maraã Maraã is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 18,261 (2020) and its area is 16,910 km². Together with the municipality Japurá it forms the microregion Microregion is a designation for territor ...

(to the east of the Japurá municipality). The southern border of both the municipality and the microregion is the

Japurá River The Japurá River or Caquetá River is a long river in the Amazon basin. It rises in Colombia and flows eastward through Brazil to join the Amazon River. Course The river rises as the Caquetá River in the Andes in southwest Colombia. The Caqu ...

. The municipality contains the

Juami-Japurá Ecological Station Juami-Japurá Ecological Station () is an ecological station in the municipality of Japurá, Amazonas, Brazil. Location The Ecological Station of was created by decree on 3 June 1985, amended on 11 October 2011. It is administered by the Chic ...

, which covers the entire

Juami River Juami River is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. Juami River is a black water river, a tributary of the white water Japurá River The Japurá River or Caquetá River is a long river in the Amazon basin. It rises in Colombia a ...

basin. The municipality contains 55% of the

Auatí-Paraná Extractive Reserve The Auatí-Paraná Extractive Reserve () is an extractive reserve is Amazonas, Brazil. Location The Auatí-Paraná Extractive Reserve is divided between the municipalities of Japurá (54.69%) and Fonte Boa (45.31%) in Amazonas. It has an area ...

, created in 2001. It contains part of the

Alto Rio Negro Indigenous Territory The Alto Rio Negro Indigenous Territory () is an indigenous territory in the northwest of the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It is in the Amazon biome, and is mostly covered in forest. A number of different ethnic groups live in the territory, often ...

, created in 1998.

In popular culture

* Japurá, rendered as "Jaburo," is the location of the main Earth Federation base in the

Mobile Suit Gundam , also retrospectively known as ''First Gundam'', ''Gundam 0079'' or simply ''Gundam '79'', is a Japanese anime television series produced by Nippon Sunrise. Created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Na ...

franchise.

References

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