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São Félix do Xingu
Municipality
Location of São Félix do Xingu in the State of Pará
Location of São Félix do Xingu in the State of Pará
Country Brazil
RegionNorthern
StatePará
MesoregionSudeste Paraense
Time zoneUTC -3
WebsiteOfficial website

São Félix do Xingu is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil. [1] [2] [3] [4]

The city is served by São Félix do Xingu Airport.

With an area of 84,212.426 km2 (32,514.599 sq mi),[5] it is the third largest municipality in Pará and the sixth largest in Brazil.

Conservation

The municipality contains part of the 99,271 hectares (245,300 acres) Tapirapé Biological Reserve, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 1989.[6] It contains part of the Tapirapé-Aquiri National Forest, a 196,504 hectares (485,570 acres) sustainable use conservation unit created in 1989.[7] It also contains part of the 3,373,134 hectares (8,335,200 acres) Terra do Meio Ecological Station, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 2005.[8] The municipality contains 51% of the 445,408 hectares (1,100,630 acres) Serra do Pardo National Park, also created in 2005.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Divisão Territorial do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  2. ^ "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  3. ^ "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  4. ^ "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  5. ^ IBGE (2002-10-10). "Área territorial oficial". IBGE. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
  6. ^ Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Biológica do Tapirapé (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-04-18
  7. ^ FLONA do Tapirapé-Aquiri (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-05-30
  8. ^ Unidade de Conservação: Estação Ecológica da Terra do Meio (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-29
  9. ^ PARNA da Serra do Pardo (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-08
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