Santa Isabel do Rio Negro (''Saint Isabel of Black River'') 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 25,865 (2020) and its area is . The Municipality was formerly called Tapuruquara.

Pico da Neblina Pico da Neblina (, literally translatable to ''Mist Peak'') is the highest peak in Brazil, above sea level, in the Serra da Neblina, part of the Serra do Imeri, a section of the Guiana Highlands on the Brazil-Venezuela border. As determine ...

, the highest mountain in Brazil at 2,994 metres (9,822 feet), is located in the municipality. However, the peak is in a straight line from the urban seat of the municipality, inaccessible except through 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. ...

, and in both a

national park A national park is a nature park, natural park in use for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state dec ...

and a

Yanomami The Yanomami, also spelled Yąnomamö or Yanomama, are a group of approximately 35,000 indigenous people who live in some 200–250 villages in the Amazon rainforest on the border between Venezuela and Brazil. Etymology The ethnonym ''Yanomami ...

reservation under federal control and with restricted access. The municipality also contains part of the

Amazonas National Forest The Amazonas National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional do Amazonas) is a national forest in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Location The Amazonas National Forest is in the municipalities of Barcelos and Santa Isabel do Rio Negro in the state of ...

. The city is served by

Tapuruquara Airport Tapuruquara Airport is the airport serving Santa Isabel do Rio Negro, Brazil. The name Tapuruquara is the original name of the Municipality, which the airport officially retained. It is operated by the Municipality of Santa Isabel do Rio Negro ...

References

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