Apiacás

Apiacás
Municipality
The Municipality of Apiacás

Location of Apiacás
Apiacás

Location of Apiacás

Coordinates: 09°32′38″S 57°26′56″W / 9.54389°S 57.44889°W / -9.54389; -57.44889Coordinates: 09°32′38″S 57°26′56″W / 9.54389°S 57.44889°W / -9.54389; -57.44889
Country  Brazil
Region Central-West
State Mato Grosso
Founded January 1, 2001
Government
  Mayor Silda Kochemborger
Area
  Total 20,364.204 km2 (7,862.663 sq mi)
Elevation 200 m (700 ft)
Population (2012)
  Total 8,855
  Density 0.3/km2 (0.8/sq mi)
  [1]
Time zone UTC-4 (UTC-4)
  Summer (DST) UTC-3 (UTC-3)
HDI (2000) 0.713 – medium[2]

Apiacás is the northernmost municipality in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. It is the only city in a territorial "edge" of Mato Grosso that "pierce" the boundary between Amazonas and Pará.

The municipality contains part of the 19,582 square kilometres (7,561 sq mi) Juruena National Park, one of the largest conservation units in Brazil.[3]

References

  1. "2012 Populational Estimate" (PDF). Censo Populacional 2012. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 2012. Retrieved September 8, 2012.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2009-12-17. - UNDP
  3. Unidade de Conservação: Parque Nacional do Juruena (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-23
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/16/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.