Apiacás

Apiacás is the northernmost municipality in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. It is the only city in a territorial "edge" of Mato Grosso that "pierce" the boundary between Amazonas and Pará.

Apiacás
Municipality
The Municipality of Apiacás
Location of Apiacás
Apiacás Location of Apiacás
Coordinates: 09°32′38″S 57°26′56″W
Country	Brazil
Region	Central-West
State	Mato Grosso
Founded	January 1, 2001
Government
• Mayor	Silda Kochemborger
Area
• Total	20,364.204 km^2 (7,862.663 sq mi)
Elevation	200 m (700 ft)
Population  (2012)
• Total	8,855
• Density	0.3/km^2 (0.8/sq mi)
	[1]
Time zone	UTC-4 (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (UTC-3)
HDI (2000)	0.713 – medium[2]

The municipality contains part of the 19,582 square kilometres (7,561 sq mi) Juruena National Park, one of the largest conservation units in Brazil.[3]

References

1. "2012 Populational Estimate" (PDF). Censo Populacional 2012. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 2012. Retrieved September 8, 2012.
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2009-12-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - UNDP
3. Unidade de Conservação: Parque Nacional do Juruena (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-23