Jutaí is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population is 13,886 (2020)[2] and its area is 69,552 km2,[3] making it the fifth largest municipality in Amazonas by area and the ninth largest in Brazil.
Jutaí | |
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Municipality | |
| Municipality of Jutaí | |
 Jutaí as seen from a ship | |
 Flag | |
| Nickname: " | |
| Motto: Jutaí lidera a calha do Juruá (Jutaí leads the rain gutter of Jaruá [river]) | |
 Location of Jutaí in the State of Amazonas | |
| Coordinates: 02°44′49″S 66°46′01″W / 2.74694°S 66.76694°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | North |
| State |  Amazonas |
| Founded | 1728 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Asclepiades Costa de Souza (PR) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 69,552 km2 (26,854 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 13,886 |
| • Density | 026/km2 (70/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (DST no longer used) |
| Area code | +55 92 |
| HDI (2000) | 0.533 – medium[1] |
| Website | Manaus, Amazonas |
Geography
The municipality is in the Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoregion.[4]It contains parts of the Jutaí-Solimões Ecological Station.[5]It contains the 275,533 hectares (680,860 acres) Rio Jutaí Extractive Reserve, created in 2002.[6]The municipality contains the 2,450,380 hectares (6,055,000 acres) Cujubim Sustainable Development Reserve, established in 2003.[7]This is the largest conservation unit in Amazonas and the largest sustainable development reserve in the world.[8]
References
Sources
- RDS Cujubim (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-07-25
- RESEX do Rio Jutaí (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-10-21
- Unidade de Conservação: Estação Ecológica de Jutaí-Solimões (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-04