Rio Preto da Eva
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Rio Preto da Eva | |
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Country | Brazil |
Region | North |
State | Amazonas |
Time zone | UTC−4 (BRT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (DST no longer used) |
Rio Preto da Eva (Black River of Eve in Portuguese) is a municipality located just east of Manaus in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 24,283 (2005) and its area is 5,813 square kilometres (2,244 sq mi).[1]
The municipality contains most of the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project Area of Relevant Ecological Interest, created in 1985.[2] The municipality contains the 27,342 hectares (67,560 acres) Rio Urubu State Forest, created in 2003.[3]
References
- ^ IBGE - [1]
- ^ ARIE Proj. Dinâmica B. de Fragmentos Florestais (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-10-18
- ^ FES do Rio Urubu (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-10-20