Rio Preto da Eva
| Rio Preto da Eva | ||
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 Location of the municipality inside Amazonas | ||
  Rio Preto da Eva Location in Brazil | ||
| Coordinates: 2°41′56″S 59°42′0″W / 2.69889°S 59.70000°WCoordinates: 2°41′56″S 59°42′0″W / 2.69889°S 59.70000°W | ||
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| Region | North | |
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| Time zone | UTC−4 (BRT) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (DST no longer used) | |
Rio Preto da Eva (Black River of Eve in Portuguese) is a municipality located just east of Manaus in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 24,283 (2005) and its area is 5,813 square kilometres (2,244 sq mi).[1]
The municipality contains most of the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project Area of Relevant Ecological Interest, created in 1985.[2] The municipality contains the 27,342 hectares (67,560 acres) Rio Urubu State Forest, created in 2003.[3]
References
- ↑ IBGE -
- ↑ ARIE Proj. Dinâmica B. de Fragmentos Florestais (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-10-18
- ↑ FES do Rio Urubu (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-10-20
Capital: Manaus | ||||||||||||||
| 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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