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17-661: The Mapinguari National Park is in the municipalities of Canutama (40%) and Lábrea (50%) in Amazonas and the municipality of Porto Velho (11%) in Rondônia. It has an area of 1,776,914.18 hectares (4,390,850.6 acres). The park is in the Solimões-Amazonas sedimentary basin, in the south Amazon depression. The relief is an extensive pediplain with river terraces, floodplains and meander traces. Altitudes range from 51 to 256 metres (167 to 840 ft) above sea level. It

34-479: Is divided into only 62 municipalities), and therefore they cover large areas incorporating several separated cities or towns that do not necessarily conform to one single conurbation. Southern and eastern states on the other hand, are divided into many small municipalities (e.g. Minas Gerais ), and therefore large urban areas usually extend over several municipalities which form one single conurbation. The Federal District cannot be divided into municipalities , which

51-803: Is drained by streams or rivers feeding the left of the Madeira River and the right of the Purus River . The main rivers within the park are the Açuã , Mucuim , Inacorrã, Umari , Ciriquiqui, Punicici, Coari, Anaiquê and Coti . The park is in the Amazon biome . Average annual rainfall is 2,700 millimetres (110 in). Temperatures range from 23 to 32 °C (73 to 90 °F) with an average of 27 °C (81 °F). Vegetation includes savannah and rainforest (56%), open submontane rainforest (11%) and savannah parkland (9%). 258,000 hectares (640,000 acres) of

68-490: Is why its territory is composed of several administrative regions . These regions are directly managed by the government of the Federal District, which exercises constitutional and legal powers that are equivalent to those of the states , as well as those of the municipalities, thus simultaneously assuming all the obligations arising from them. The 1988 Brazilian Constitution treats the municipalities as parts of

85-659: The Antônio Mugica Nava Ecological Station and part of the Serra dos Três Irmãos Ecological Station . Law 12249 was challenged in July 2013 by the federal Attorney General on the basis of unconstitutionality. This was followed by moves by the state legislature to annul creation of the state conservation units, which were in turn overturned. An ordinance of 9 January 2012 provided for a consistent and integrated approach to preparing management plans for

102-685: The Brazilian state of Amazonas , considered third largest city of the Purus Medium after Lábrea and Tapauá . Its population was 15,807 (2020) and its area is 29,820 km . The municipality contains part of the strictly-protected Cuniã Ecological Station , an area of savannah parkland. The municipality contains most of the Balata-Tufari National Forest , a 1,079,670 hectares (2,667,900 acres) sustainable use conservation unit created in 2005. It contains part of

119-492: The Brazilian states . Brazil currently has 5,570 municipalities, which, given the 2019 population estimate of 210,147,125, makes an average municipality population of 37,728 inhabitants. The average state in Brazil has 214 municipalities. Roraima is the least subdivided state, with 15 municipalities, while Minas Gerais is the most, with 853. Northern states are divided into small numbers of large municipalities (e.g. Amazonas

136-704: The Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio). The boundaries were modified by law 12249 of 11 June 2010 which added about 180,900 hectares (447,000 acres) but excluded the area that would be flooded by the Jirau Dam to create the reservoir for the Jirau Hydroelectric Power Plant. The added land had formerly been state conservation units, the Rio Vermelho State Forest (A and B),

153-477: The Mapinguari National Park , a 1,776,914 hectares (4,390,850 acres) conservation unit created in 2008. It also contains the 197,986 hectares (489,230 acres) Canutama Extractive Reserve , created in 2009. It contains 2% of the 881,704 hectares (2,178,740 acres) Tapauá State Forest , also created in 2009. During its beginning, it received some denominations: in 1874, it was established with

170-460: The Federation and not simply dependent subdivisions of the states. Each municipality has an autonomous local government, comprising a mayor ( prefeito ) and a legislative body called municipal chamber ( câmara municipal ). Both the local government and the legislative body are directly elected by the population every four years. These elections take place at the same time all over the country;

187-677: The buffer zone. The law amended the limits of the Amazônia , Campos Amazônicos and Mapinguari national parks, the Itaituba I , Itaituba II and Crepori national forests and the Tapajós Environmental Protection Area . All of these were reduced in size except the Campos Amazônicos. An advisory council was established on 8 March 2013. Canutama Canutama is a municipality located in

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204-618: The conservation units in the BR-319 area of influence. These are the Abufari Biological Reserve , Cuniã Ecological Station , Nascentes do Lago Jari and Mapinguari national parks, Balata-Tufari , Humaitá and Iquiri national forests, and the Lago do Capanã-Grande , Rio Ituxi , Médio Purus and Lago do Cuniã extractive reserves. Law 12.678 of 25 June 2012 slightly reduced the park's size and allowed mining activities in

221-504: The last municipal elections were held on 15 November 2020. Each municipality has the constitutional power to approve its own laws, as well as collecting taxes and receiving funds from the state and federal governments. However, municipal governments have no judicial power per se , and courts are only organised at the state or federal level. A subdivision of the state judiciary, or comarca , can either correspond to an individual municipality or encompass several municipalities. The seat of

238-649: The municipal administration is a nominated city ( cidade ), with no specification in the law about the minimum population, area or facilities. The city always has the same name as the municipality, as they are not treated as distinct entities. Municipalities can be subdivided, only for administrative purposes, into districts (normally, new municipalities are formed from these districts). Other populated sites are villages, but with no legal effect or regulation. Almost all municipalities are subdivided into neighbourhoods ( bairros ), although most municipalities do not officially define their neighbourhood limits (usually small cities in

255-452: The name of New Colony of Beautiful Sight, and in 1891, Ville of Our Lady of Nazare. From 1895 it only received the name for which today we know it: Canutama. This article about a location in the Brazilian state of Amazonas is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Municipalities of Brazil Recent elections The municipalities of Brazil ( Portuguese : municípios do Brasil ) are administrative divisions of

272-460: The savannah portion is subject to forest fires. Some of the savanna is periodically flooded and susceptible to fires in the dry season. The primate Stephen Nash's titi ( Callicebus stephennashi ) has been found in the park. A new species of bird, the Campina jay ( Cyanocorax hafferi ), was recently found in the transition between the rainforest and the natural fields. The Mapinguari National Park

289-469: Was created by decree on 5 June 2008 with an area of 1,572,422 hectares (3,885,540 acres). The objectives are to preserve natural ecosystems of great ecological relevance and scenic beauty, and in particular enclaves of Savannah in the Purus-Madeira interfluvial region, to support scientific research, environmental education, recreation in contact with nature and ecotourism. The park is administered by

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