São Sebastião do Uatumã
São Sebastião do Uatumã is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 8,748 (2005) and its area is 10,741 km².[1]
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![]() Location of the municipality inside Amazonas | |
Coordinates: 2°34′19″S 57°52′15″W | |
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Region | North |
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Time zone | UTC−4 (BRT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (DST no longer used) |
Conservation
The municipality contains part of the 938,720 hectares (2,319,600 acres) Uatumã Biological Reserve, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 2002.[2] It contains about 60% of the 424,430 hectares (1,048,800 acres) Uatumã Sustainable Development Reserve, which protects the lower part of the Uatumã River basin.[3]
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References
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- Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Biológica do Uatumã (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-04-18
- RDS do Uatumã (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-07-25
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