Jutaí

Jutaí
Municipality
Municipality of Jutaí
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 / 2.74694°S 66.76694°W / -2.74694; -66.76694Coordinates: 02°44′49″S 66°46′01″W / 2.74694°S 66.76694°W / -2.74694; -66.76694
Country  Brazil
Region North
State Amazonas
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

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 also the ninth largest in Brazil.

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]

References

  1. ↑ Archived 2009-10-03 at the Wayback Machine. - UNDP
  2. ↑ IBGE - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 11, 2008. Retrieved June 11, 2008.
  3. ↑ Sears, Robin, South America: Amazon Basin, northwestern Brazil (NT0133), WWF: World Wildlife Fund, retrieved 2017-03-28
  4. ↑ Unidade de Conservação: Estação Ecológica de Jutaí-Solimões.
  5. ↑ RESEX do Rio Jutaí – ISA, Informações gerais.
  6. ↑ RDS Cujubim – ISA, Informações gerais.
  7. ↑ 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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