São Sebastião do Uatumã

São Sebastião do Uatumã
Municipality

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Location of the municipality inside Amazonas
Coordinates: 2°34′19″S 57°52′15″W / 2.57194°S 57.87083°W / -2.57194; -57.87083Coordinates: 2°34′19″S 57°52′15″W / 2.57194°S 57.87083°W / -2.57194; -57.87083
Country  Brazil
Region North
State Amazonas
Time zone BRT (UTC−4)
 • Summer (DST) DST no longer used (UTC−4)

São Sebastião do Uatumã is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 8,748 (2005) and its area is 10,741 km².[1]

Conservation

The municipality contains part of the 938,720 hectares (2,319,600 acres) Uatumã Biological Reserve, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 2002.[2] It contains about 60% of the 424,430 hectares (1,048,800 acres) Uatumã Sustainable Development Reserve, which protects the lower part of the Uatumã River basin.[3]

References

  1. ↑ IBGE -
  2. ↑ Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Biológica do Uatumã (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-04-18
  3. ↑ RDS do Uatumã (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-07-25
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