Itapiranga is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
located in the state of
Amazonas northern Brazil
The North Region of Brazil ( ) is the largest region of Brazil, accounting for 45.27% of the national territory. It has the second-lowest population of any region in the country, and accounts for a minor percentage of the national GDP. The regio ...
on the left bank of the
Solimões River
Solimões () is the name often given to upper stretches of the Amazon River in Brazil from its confluence with the Rio Negro upstream to the border of Peru. The Solimões flows for about 1,600 km (1,000 miles) through a floodplain about 80 km ...
about 200 km east of Manaus. Its population was 9,230 (2020) and its area is 4,231 km
2.
Name
The name is of Indian origin, and was given to a quarry which has a port. It comes from ''ita'', stone and ''pitanga'', red, so the name means "red stone".
Geography
The municipality contains about 40% of the
Uatumã Sustainable Development Reserve
The Uatumã Sustainable Development Reserve () is a Sustainable development reserve (Brazil), sustainable development reserve in the state of Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas, Brazil. The land is owned by the state, but the reserve has a popula ...
, which protects the lower part of the
Uatumã River basin.
History
It was founded in 1931 as a suburb of
Silves.
References
Municipalities in Amazonas (Brazilian state)
Populated places on the Amazon
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