Jutaí
Jutaí is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population is 17,964 (2010) and its area is 69,552 km²,[2] making it the fifth largest municipality in Amazonas by area and the ninth largest in Brazil.
Jutaí | |
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Municipality | |
| Municipality of Jutaí | |
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| Nickname(s): "Juta" | |
| Motto(s): Jutaí lidera a calha do Juruá (Jutaí leads the rain gutter of Jaruá [river]) | |
 Location of Jutaí in the State of Amazonas | |
| Coordinates: 02°44′49″S 66°46′01″W | |
| Country |  |
| Region | North |
| State |  |
| Founded | 1728 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Asclepiades Costa de Souza (PR) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 69,552 km2 (26,854 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 17,964 |
| • Density | 0,26/km2 (70/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (DST no longer used) |
| Area code(s) | +55 92 |
| HDI (2000) | 0.533 – medium[1] |
| Website | Manaus, Amazonas |
Conservation
The municipality is in the Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoregion.[3] It contains parts of the Jutaí-Solimões Ecological Station.[4] It contains the 275,533 hectares (680,860 acres) Rio Jutaí Extractive Reserve, created in 2002.[5] The municipality contains the 2,450,380 hectares (6,055,000 acres) Cujubim Sustainable Development Reserve, established in 2003.[6] This is the largest conservation unit in Amazonas and the largest sustainable development reserve in the world.[7]
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References
- Archived 2009-10-03 at the Wayback Machine - UNDP
- IBGE - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 11, 2008. Retrieved June 11, 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Sears, Robin, South America: Amazon Basin, northwestern Brazil (NT0133), WWF: World Wildlife Fund, retrieved 2017-03-28
- Unidade de Conservação: Estação Ecológica de Jutaí-Solimões.
- RESEX do Rio Jutaí – ISA, Informações gerais.
- RDS Cujubim – ISA, Informações gerais.
- 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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| Mesoregion Centro Amazonense |
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| Mesoregion Norte Amazonense |
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| Mesoregion Sudoeste Amazonense |
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| Mesoregion Sul Amazonense |
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