Humaitá is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 56,144 (2020)[1] and its area is 33,072 km2.[2] The city is located on the banks of the Madeira River.

The city is served by Humaitá Airport. The Trans-Amazonian Highway passes through the city.

Geography

The municipality contains part of the strictly-protected Cuniã Ecological Station, an area of cerrado savanna parkland.[3] It contains 5% of the Campos Amazônicos National Park, a 961,318 hectares (2,375,470 acres) protected area created in 2006 that protects an unusual enclave of cerrado vegetation in the Amazon rainforest.[4] It also contains the Humaitá National Forest, a 473,155 hectares (1,169,190 acres) sustainable use conservation unit created in 1998.[5]

References

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ IBGE - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2007-02-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ Unidade de Conservação: Estação Ecológica de Cuniã (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-16
  4. ^ PARNA dos Campos Amazônicos (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-03
  5. ^ Unidade de Conservação: Floresta Nacional de Humaitá (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-03
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humait%C3%A1,_Amazonas
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