Coari

Coari
Municipality
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Nickname:  Cidade do Gás
Coari municipality (red) in Amazonas state
Country	Brazil
Region	North
State	Amazonas
Government
• Mayor	Manoel Adail Amaral Pinheiro (PRP)
Area
• Municipality	57,921.646 km2 (22,363.673 sq mi)
Elevation	40 m (120 ft)
Population  (2014)
• Density	1.334/km2 (3.46/sq mi)
• Metro	82,209
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST(UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (DST no longer used)
ZIP code	69460-000
Website	http://www.coari.am.gov.br/

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

References

IBGE [1]

External links

• Coari website