Céu do Mapiá

Céu do Mapiá
Céu do Mapiá
	Village
	Vila de Céu do Mapiá
	Nickname(s): Mapiá
	Céu do Mapiá Location in Brazil
	Coordinates: 08°17′41″S 67°36′56″W
Country	Brazil
Region	North
State	Amazonas
Municipality	Pauini
Founded	1983
Government
• Founder	Sebastião Mota de Melo
Area
• Total	2,500 km2 (1,000 sq mi)
Elevation	100 m (328 ft)
Population (2009)
• Total	700
Time zone	UTC-5 (BRST-2)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (DST not used)
Postal Code	69860-000
Area code(s)	+55 97
Climate	Am

Céu do Mapiá (Portuguese for "Heaven of the Mapiá [river]") is a Brazilian village founded in 1983 by Sebastião Mota de Melo. It is located in the headwaters of Igarapé (river) Mapiá, 19 miles (31 km) from the Purus River, in Amazonian South mesoregion, between the Purus and Boca do Acre microregions, in the municipality of Pauini, state of Amazonas.

The village is located within the Inauini-Pauini National Reserve - one of the best-preserved areas of the western Brazilian Amazon. In 1990, with the community's support, the Brazilian government created by the Decree No. 96 190, of June 21, 1988[1] the Purus National Forest, with an area of 256,000 ha and the village of Céu do Mapiá as a kind of unofficial capital.

The village is the headquarters of ICEFLU (formerly called CEFLURIS), a branch (also founded by Sebastião Mota de Melo) of the Santo Daime religion.[2]

References

Brasil. "Decreto No. 96 190, de 21 de Junho de 1988" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved July 11, 2010.
"ICEFLU - Histórico" [ICEFLU - História] (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2015-06-16.

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[1] Brasil. "Decreto No. 96 190, de 21 de Junho de 1988" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved July 11, 2010.

[iceflu-2] "ICEFLU - Histórico" [ICEFLU - História] (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2015-06-16.