Laranjal do Jari

Laranjal do Jari
Laranjal do Jari
Municipality
	The Municipality of Laranjal do Jari
	Flag Seal
	Nickname(s): "Beiradão" (Big Edge, because of the city's large boundary and its location in the edge of Amapá.)
	Motto: "Laranjal com Responsabilidade" (Laranjal with Responsibility)
	Location of Laranjal do Jari in the State of Amapá
	Coordinates: 00°51′20″S 52°32′21″W / 0.85556°S 52.53917°W
Country	Brazil
Region	North
State	Amapá
Founded	December 17, 1987
Government
• Mayor	Márcio Serrão (PRB)
Area
• Total	41,668 km2 (16,088 sq mi)
Elevation	7 m (22 ft)
Population (2012)
• Total	39,285
• Density	0.94/km2 (2.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-3 (UTC-3)
HDI (2000)	0.732 – medium
Website	laranjaldojari.ap.gov.br

Laranjal do Jari (Portuguese pronunciation: [laɾɐ̃'ʒaw du ʒa'ɾi]) (Jari Orangery) is a municipality located in the west of the state of Amapá in Brazil. It is the only municipality in the west boundaries of Amapá, except for a small part of Vitória do Jari. Its population is 41,688 and its area is 29,699 km², which makes it the largest municipality of Amapá.

The municipality contains 39% of the 501,771 hectares (1,239,900 acres) Rio Cajari Extractive Reserve, created in 1990.^[3] It also contains 69% of the 806,184 hectares (1,992,120 acres) Rio Iratapuru Sustainable Development Reserve, created in 1997.^[4]

References

^ "2012 Populational Estimate" (PDF). Censo Populacional 2012. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
^ [1] Archived 2009-10-03 at the Wayback Machine UNDP
^ RESEX do Rio Cajari (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-11-06
^ RDS do Rio Iratapuru (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-11-05

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[IBGE_Pop_2012-1] "2012 Populational Estimate" (PDF). Censo Populacional 2012. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2012.

[2] [1] Archived 2009-10-03 at the Wayback Machine UNDP

[3] RESEX do Rio Cajari (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-11-06

[4] RDS do Rio Iratapuru (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-11-05

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v t e Municipalities of Amapá
Capital: Macapá
Amapá	Amapá Pracuúba Tartarugalzinho
Macapá	Cutias Ferreira Gomes Itaubal Macapá Pedra Branca do Amapari Porto Grande Santana Serra do Navio
Mazagão	Laranjal do Jari Mazagão Vitória do Jari
Oiapoque	Calçoene Oiapoque