Jutaí

Municipality in North, Brazil
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Nickname: 
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Motto: 
Jutaí lidera a calha do Juruá (Jutaí leads the rain gutter of Jaruá [river])
Location of Jutaí in the State of Amazonas
Location of Jutaí in the State of Amazonas
Coordinates: 02°44′49″S 66°46′01″W / 2.74694°S 66.76694°W / -2.74694; -66.76694Country BrazilRegionNorthState AmazonasFounded1728Government
 • MayorAsclepiades Costa de Souza (PR)Area
 • Total69,552 km2 (26,854 sq mi)Elevation
70 m (230 ft)Population
 (2020)
 • Total13,886 • Density026/km2 (70/sq mi)Time zoneUTC-4 (AST) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (DST no longer used)Area code+55 92HDI (2000)0.533 – medium[1]WebsiteManaus, Amazonas

Jutaí is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population is 13,886 (2020)[2] and its area is 69,552 km2,[3] making it the fifth largest municipality in Amazonas by area and the ninth largest in Brazil.

Geography

The municipality is in the Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoregion.[4] It contains parts of the Jutaí-Solimões Ecological Station.[5] It contains the 275,533 hectares (680,860 acres) Rio Jutaí Extractive Reserve, created in 2002.[6] The municipality contains the 2,450,380 hectares (6,055,000 acres) Cujubim Sustainable Development Reserve, established in 2003.[7] This is the largest conservation unit in Amazonas and the largest sustainable development reserve in the world.[8]

References

  1. ^ [1] Archived 2009-10-03 at the Wayback Machine - UNDP
  2. ^ IBGE 2020
  3. ^ IBGE - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 11, 2008. Retrieved June 11, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ Sears, Robin, South America: Amazon Basin, northwestern Brazil (NT0133), WWF: World Wildlife Fund, retrieved 2017-03-28
  5. ^ Unidade de Conservação: Estação Ecológica de Jutaí-Solimões.
  6. ^ RESEX do Rio Jutaí – ISA, Informações gerais.
  7. ^ RDS Cujubim – ISA, Informações gerais.
  8. ^ RDS Cujubim – ISA, Características.

Sources

  • RDS Cujubim (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-07-25
  • RESEX do Rio Jutaí (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-10-21
  • Unidade de Conservação: Estação Ecológica de Jutaí-Solimões (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-04
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Capital: Manaus
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Centro Amazonense
Coari
Itacoatiara
Manaus
Parintins
Rio Preto da Eva
Tefe
Municipalities of Amazonas
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Japura
Rio Negro
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Sudoeste Amazonense
Alto Solimoes
Jurua
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Sul Amazonense
Boca do Acre
Madeira
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