São Félix do Xingu

São Félix do Xingu
Municipality

Location of São Félix do Xingu in the State of Pará
São Félix do Xingu

Location in Brazil

Coordinates: BR 6°38′00″S 51°59′00″W / 6.63333°S 51.98333°W / -6.63333; -51.98333Coordinates: BR 6°38′00″S 51°59′00″W / 6.63333°S 51.98333°W / -6.63333; -51.98333
Country  Brazil
Region Northern
State Pará
Mesoregion Sudeste Paraense
Time zone UTC -3
Website Official website

São Félix do Xingu is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil. [1] [2] [3] [4]

The city is served by São Félix do Xingu Airport.

With an area of 84,212.426 km2 (32,514.599 sq mi),[5] it is the third largest municipality in Pará and the sixth largest in Brazil.

Conservation

The municipality contains part of the 99,271 hectares (245,300 acres) Tapirapé Biological Reserve, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 1989.[6] It contains part of the Tapirapé-Aquiri National Forest, a 196,504 hectares (485,570 acres) sustainable use conservation unit created in 1989.[7] It also contains part of the 3,373,134 hectares (8,335,200 acres) Terra do Meio Ecological Station, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 2005.[8] The municipality contains 51% of the 445,408 hectares (1,100,630 acres) Serra do Pardo National Park, also created in 2005.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Divisão Territorial do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  5. ↑ IBGE (2002-10-10). "Área territorial oficial". IBGE. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
  6. ↑ Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Biológica do Tapirapé (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-04-18
  7. ↑ FLONA do Tapirapé-Aquiri (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-05-30
  8. ↑ Unidade de Conservação: Estação Ecológica da Terra do Meio (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-29
  9. ↑ PARNA da Serra do Pardo (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-08


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