Japurá 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 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 *Microregion (Tyrol) Brazil * Microregion (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. ...

together with the municipality Maraã (to the east of the Japurá municipality). The southern border of both the municipality and the microregion is the Japurá River. The municipality contains the

Juami-Japurá Ecological Station Juami-Japurá Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica Juami-Japurá) 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 Octob ...

, which covers the entire Juami River basin. The municipality contains 55% of the

Auatí-Paraná Extractive Reserve The Auatí-Paraná Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista Auatí-Paraná) is an extractive reserve is Amazonas, Brazil. Location The Auatí-Paraná Extractive Reserve is divided between the municipalities of Japurá (54.69%) and Fonte ...

, created in 2001. It contains part of the

Alto Rio Negro Indigenous Territory The Alto Rio Negro Indigenous Territory ( pt, Terra Indígena Alto Rio Negro) 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 g ...

, created in 1998.

References

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