São Félix do Xingu 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

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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 São Félix do Xingu Airport. With an area of , it is the third largest municipality in Pará and the sixth largest in Brazil.

Conservation

The municipality contains part of the

Tapirapé Biological Reserve Tapirapé Biological Reserve ( pt, Reserva Biológica do Tapirapé) is a biological reserve in the state of Pará, Brazil. History The reserve, which covers , was established by decree on 5 May 1989. It is administered by the Chico Mendes Instit ...

, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 1989. It contains part of the

Tapirapé-Aquiri National Forest Tapirapé-Aquiri National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional do Tapirapé-Aquiri) is a national forest in the state of Pará, Brazil. It is surrounded by other protected areas, so has suffered relatively little from deforestation. Location The Tapir ...

, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 1989. It also contains part of the

Terra do Meio Ecological Station Terra do Meio Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica da Terra do Meio) is an ecological station (ESEC) in the state of Pará, Brazil. Location The Terra do Meio Ecological Station has an area of . It covers parts of the municipalities of ...

, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 2005. The municipality contains 51% of the Serra do Pardo National Park, also created in 2005.

Conservation

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