Lábrea () is the southernmost

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' ...

in the

Brazilian state The federative units of Brazil () 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 together form the Federative Repu ...

of Amazonas.

Economy

The population of the Lábrea municipality was 46,882 as of 2020. Its area is . This makes it the sixth largest municipality in Amazonas by area and the tenth largest in Brazil. The town is the seat of the Territorial Prelature of Lábrea.

Lábrea Airport Lábrea Airport is the airport serving Lábrea, Brazil. Airlines and destinations Access The airport is located from downtown Lábrea. See also *List of airports in Brazil This is a list of airports in Brazil. On April 12, 2024, the ...

is served by scheduled regular air connections.

Geography

Conservation

The municipality contains the Iquiri National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2008. The municipality also contains part of the

Mapinguari National Park Mapinguari National Park () is a National park (Brazil), national park in the states of Rondônia and Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas, Brazil. It covers a large area of Amazon rainforest. The boundaries have been adjusted several times. Loca ...

, a conservation unit created in 2008. It contains the Ituxi Extractive Reserve, created in 2008. It contains 91% of the Médio Purus Extractive Reserve, created in 2008.

Climate

Lábrea has a

tropical monsoon climate An area of tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a sub-equatorial, tropical wet climate or a tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate) is a tropical climate subtype that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification category ' ...

(

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''Am'') with consistently hot temperatures and very oppressive humidity. Rainfall is heavy for most of the year with the annual average being close to ; however a short dry season in June and July when monthly rainfall averages less than places the climate in the tropical monsoon rather than

tropical rainforest Tropical rainforests are dense and warm rainforests with high rainfall typically found between 10° north and south of the Equator. They are a subset of the tropical forest biome that occurs roughly within the 28° latitudes (in the torrid zo ...

category.

References

Municipalities in Amazonas (Brazilian state) Populated places established in 1881 1881 establishments in Brazil {{AmazonasBR-geo-stub