Novo Progresso 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 ...
in the
state of
Pará
Pará is a Federative units of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins (state), Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas (Brazilian state) ...
in the
Northern region of
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
.
The city is served by
Novo Progresso Airport
The municipality contains part of the
Nascentes da Serra do Cachimbo Biological Reserve
The Nascentes da Serra do Cachimbo Biological Reserve ( pt, Reserva Biológica Nascentes da Serra do Cachimbo) is a biological reserve in the state of Pará, Brazil. The reserve protects an area in the transition between the Cerrado and Amazon bi ...
, a strictly protected conservation unit established in 2005.
It also contains part of the
Rio Novo National Park
Rio Novo National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional do Rio Novo) is a national park in the state of Pará, Brazil.
Location
The Rio Novo National Park has an area of .
It covers parts of the municipalities of Novo Progresso and Itaituba in Pará.
The pa ...
, a conservation unit created in 2006.
In contains the
Jamanxim National Forest
The Jamanxim National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional do Jamanxim) is a National forest (Brazil), national forest created in 2006 in the state of Pará, Brazil.
The purpose is to ensure sustainable use of forest resources.
The forest contains a si ...
, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2006 in which uncontrolled clearance of the
Amazon rainforest
The Amazon rainforest, Amazon jungle or ; es, Selva amazónica, , or usually ; french: Forêt amazonienne; nl, Amazoneregenwoud. In English, the names are sometimes capitalized further, as Amazon Rainforest, Amazon Forest, or Amazon Jungle. ...
was proceeding at a rapid pace.
Climate
See also
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List of municipalities in Pará
References
Municipalities in Pará
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