The Tucumã State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual Tucumã) is a

state park State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the sub-national level within those nations which use "state" as a political subdivision. State parks are typically established by a state to preserve a location on account of its natural ...

in the state of

Mato Grosso Mato Grosso ( – lit. "Thick Bush") is one of the states of Brazil, the third largest by area, located in the Central-West region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 1.9% of the Brazilian GDP. Neighboring ...

, Brazil.

Location

The Tucumã State Park is in the

Colniza Colniza is a municipality in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Demographics Colniza has the highest homicide rate in Brazil with 165 deaths per year per 100 thousand inhabitants. It is the westernmost and largest (by area) municipality of the s ...

municipality of Mato Grosso. It has an area of . The park is bounded by the border with the state of Amazonas to the north, and adjoins the

Manicoré State Forest The Manicoré State Forest ( pt, Floresta Estadual de Manicoré) is a state forest in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Location The Manicoré State Forest is in the Novo Aripuanã municipality of Amazonas. It has an area of . The Roosevelt River ...

and the

Campos Amazônicos National Park The Campos Amazônicos National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional dos Campos Amazônicos) is a National park in the states of Rondônia, Amazonas and Mato Grosso, Brazil. Location The Campos Amazônicos National Park covers parts of the municipalities ...

in Amazonas. To the east it borders the

Rio Roosevelt Ecological Station The Rio Roosevelt Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica do Rio Roosevelt) is an ecological station in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Location The Rio Roosevelt Ecological Station (ESEC) has an area of . It is in the municipality of Co ...

. It surrounds the

Rio Madeirinha Ecological Station Rio Madeirinha Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica do Rio Madeirinha) is an Ecological station (Brazil), ecological station (ESEC) in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Location The Rio Madeirinha Ecological Station has an area of about ...

on the west, north and east. The

Madeirinha River Madeirinha River is a river of Mato Grosso and Amazonas states in north-western Brazil, a left tributary of the Roosevelt River. Course In Mato Grosso the river forms the western boundary of the Rio Madeirinha Ecological Station, a fully prot ...

forms the western boundary between the state park and the Rio Madeirinha Ecological Station, then runs northwest into the Manicoré State Forest. The MT-418 runs to the south of the park.

History

The park was created by decree 5.439 of the Mato Grosso state governor on 12 November 2002 with an area of . On 23 February 2005 the limits were expanded to contain an area of . The consultative council was created on 15 December 2014.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tucuma State Park State parks of Brazil Protected areas of Mato Grosso Protected areas established in 2002 2002 establishments in Brazil .