Coari

Coari
Municipality
Flag Seal
Nickname(s): Cidade do Gás
Coari municipality (red) in Amazonas state
Coordinates: 04°05′06″S 63°08′27″W / 4.08500°S 63.14083°WCoordinates: 04°05′06″S 63°08′27″W / 4.08500°S 63.14083°W
Country	Brazil
Region	North
State	Amazonas
Government
• Mayor	Manoel Adail Amaral Pinheiro (PRP)
Area
• Municipality	57,921.646 km^2 (22,363.673 sq mi)
Elevation	40 m (120 ft)
Population (2014)
• Density	1.334/km^2 (3.46/sq mi)
• Metro	82,209
Time zone	AST(UTC-4 (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	DST no longer used (UTC-4)
ZIP code	69460-000
Website	http://www.coari.am.gov.br/

Coari (Choary) is a Brazilian municipality in the Amazon region.

Location

The municipal seat of Coari is one of the largest cities of the Amazonas state. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Coari. The area has reserves of oil and natural gas. Coari is served by Coari Airport located 6 km from downtown Coari. Porto Urucu Airport located in the district of Porto Urucu 470 km away serves the population residing and working for Petrobras.

Conservation

The municipality contains part of the Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve.^[1] It contains a small portion of the 1,008,167 hectares (2,491,230 acres) Piagaçu-Purus Sustainable Development Reserve, established in 2003.^[2] The municipality contains 66.15% of the 217,486 hectares (537,420 acres) Catuá-Ipixuna Extractive Reserve, established in 2003 as the first extractive reserve in the state of Amazonas.^[3]

References

1. RDS Amanã (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-05-05
2. RDS Piagaçu-Purus (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-20
3. RESEX Catuá-Ipixuna (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-30

IBGE

External links

• Coari website