Fonte Boa, Amazonas
Fonte Boa | |
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Municipality | |
Location of the municipality inside Amazonas | |
Fonte Boa Location in Brazil | |
Coordinates: 2°30′50″S 66°5′30″W / 2.51389°S 66.09167°WCoordinates: 2°30′50″S 66°5′30″W / 2.51389°S 66.09167°W | |
Country | Brazil |
Region | North |
State | Amazonas |
Time zone | BRT (UTC−4) |
• Summer (DST) | DST no longer used (UTC−4) |
Fonte Boa (literally, "good water spring") is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 37,595 (2005) and its area is 12,111 km².[1]
The city is served by Fonte Boa Airport.
The municipality contains 45% of the 146,950 hectares (363,100 acres) Auatí-Paraná Extractive Reserve, created in 2001.[2]
References
- ↑ IBGE - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 11, 2008. Retrieved June 11, 2008.
- ↑ RESEX Auatí-Paraná (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-10-21
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