Novo Aripuanã 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

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.

History

The region was originally inhabited by the Toras, Barés, Muras, Urupás, Araras and other indigenous peoples. The first records of European penetration to the Madeira River are from 1637, when

Pedro Teixeira Pedro Teixeira (b.1570-1585 - d.4 July 1641), occasionally referred to as the Conqueror of the Amazon, was a Portuguese conquistador and military officer, who became, in 1637, the first European to travel up and down the entire length of the Am ...

travelled from

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. The municipality of Novo Aripuanã was created by state law 96 of 19 December 1955 from parts of the municipalities of Borba and Manicoré. It contained the district of Foz do Aripuanã with the sub-districts of Alvorada, Manicorezinho and Itapinima, and the district of Sumaúma with the sub-districts of Alvorada, Manicorezinho and Itapinima. The town of Foz do Aripuanã was elevated to the status of a city, named Novo Aripuanã. The first prefect of the municipality, Wilson Paula de Sá, took office on 10 February 1956.

Geography

Location

Novo Aripuanã has an area of . The population as of 2020 was 26,046.IBGE 2020
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Aripuanã River Aripuanã River () is a river in the Mato Grosso and Amazonas states in north-western Brazil. It is a tributary of the Madeira River in the Amazon Basin. The town of Novo Aripuanã is located on its banks where it merges into the Madeira River. ...

merges into the

Madeira River The Madeira River ( ) is a major waterway in South America. It is estimated to be in length, while the Madeira-Mamoré is estimated near or in length depending on the measuring party and their methods. The Madeira is the biggest tributary of ...

Conservation

The municipality contains 8% of the

Apuí Mosaic The Apuí Mosaic () is a protected area mosaic in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Location The Apuí Mosaic is divided between the municipalities of Apuí (91.85%) and Novo Aripuanã (8.15%) in the state of Amazonas. It covers an area of . The ...

, a jointly-managed collection of conservation units. It contains the

Manicoré State Forest The Manicoré State Forest () 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, running north from the state o ...

, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2005. It contains 39% of the Rio Madeira Sustainable Development Reserve, created in 2006. It contains the Juma Sustainable Development Reserve, created in 2006 to support sustainable extraction of forest resources by the traditional population. It contains 67% of the

Campos Amazônicos National Park The Campos Amazônicos National Park () 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 of Novo Aripuanã (66.69%), Manicoré ( ...

, a protected area created in 2006 that protects an unusual enclave of

cerrado The Cerrado () is a vast ecoregion of Tropics, tropical savanna in central Brazil, being present in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Maranhão, Piauí, Bahia, Minas Gerais, São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Paraná ...

vegetation in the Amazon rainforest. It contains the

Guariba State Park The Guariba State Park () is a State park in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Location The Guariba State Park is in the municipality of Novo Aripuanã in the state of Amazonas. It has an area of . It is bounded to the south with the border with ...

, created in 2005. It contains 28% of the

Guariba Extractive Reserve The Guariba Extractive Reserve () is an extractive reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Location The Guariba Extractive Reserve is divided between the municipalities of Novo Aripuanã (28.31%) and Apuí (71.69%) in the state of Amazonas. I ...

, also created in 2005. The municipality contains about 45% of the Manicoré Biological Reserve, created by decree in May 2016 in the week before the provisional removal of president

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. It also contains 29% of the Acari National Park, which was created at the same time. The municipality contains about 74% of the Aripuanã National Forest, a sustainable development unit also created at that time.

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