Rio Preto da Eva

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]

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
Country Brazil
RegionNorth
State Amazonas
Time zoneUTC−4 (BRT)
  Summer (DST)UTC−4 (DST no longer used)

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

  1. IBGE -
  2. ARIE Proj. Dinâmica B. de Fragmentos Florestais (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-10-18
  3. FES do Rio Urubu (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-10-20


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