São Sebastião do Uatumã 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. Its population was 14,352 (2020) and its area is 10,741 km².

Geography

The municipality contains part of the

Uatumã Biological Reserve Uatumã Biological Reserve () is a biological reserve (Brazil), Biological reserve around the river Uatumã River, Uatumã in the state of Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas in Brazil. Location The Uatumã Biological Reserve is divided betwee ...

, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 2002. It contains about 60% 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.

References

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