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Humaitá
Municipality
Municipality of Humaita
Humaita Cathedral
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Nickname: "Princesa do Madeira" ("The Princess of the Madeira")
Amazonas state with Humaita municipality in red
HumaitáLocation in Brazil
Coordinates: 07°30′22″S 63°01′15″W / 7.50611°S 63.02083°W / -7.50611; -63.02083
Country	Brazil
Region	North
State	Amazonas
Demonym	humaitaense
Founded	February 4, 1890
Government
• Mayor	Jose Cidenei Lobo do Nascimento (PMDB)
Area
• Total	33,071.667 km (12,769.042 sq mi)
Elevation	90 m (300 ft)
Population
• Total	56,144
• Density	1.34/km (3.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−4 (AMT)
Website	http://www.humaita.am.gov.br

Humaitá is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 56,144 (2020) and its area is 33,072 km. The city is located on the banks of the Madeira River.

The city is served by Humaitá Airport. The Trans-Amazonian Highway passes through the city.

Geography

The municipality contains part of the strictly-protected Cuniã Ecological Station, an area of cerrado savanna parkland. It contains 5% of the Campos Amazônicos National Park, a 961,318 hectares (2,375,470 acres) protected area created in 2006 that protects an unusual enclave of cerrado vegetation in the Amazon rainforest. It also contains the Humaitá National Forest, a 473,155 hectares (1,169,190 acres) sustainable use conservation unit created in 1998.

References

1. IBGE 2020
2. IBGE - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2007-02-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. Unidade de Conservação: Estação Ecológica de Cuniã (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-16
4. PARNA dos Campos Amazônicos (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-03
5. Unidade de Conservação: Floresta Nacional de Humaitá (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-03

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Mesoregion Centro Amazonense	Coari Anamã Anori Beruri Caapiranga Coari Codajás Itacoatiara Itacoatiara Itapiranga Nova Olinda do Norte Silves Urucurituba Manaus Autazes Careiro Careiro da Várzea Iranduba Manacapuru Manaquiri Manaus Parintins Barreirinha Boa Vista do Ramos Maués Nhamundá Parintins São Sebastião do Uatumã Urucará Rio Preto da Eva Presidente Figueiredo Rio Preto da Eva Tefe Alvarães Tefé Uarini
Mesoregion Norte Amazonense	Japura Japurá Maraã Rio Negro Barcelos Novo Airão Santa Isabel do Rio Negro São Gabriel da Cachoeira
Mesoregion Sudoeste Amazonense	Alto Solimoes Amaturá Atalaia do Norte Benjamin Constant Fonte Boa Jutaí Santo Antônio do Içá São Paulo de Olivença Tabatinga Tonantins Jurua Carauari Eirunepé Envira Guajará Ipixuna Itamarati Juruá
Mesoregion Sul Amazonense	Boca do Acre Boca do Acre Pauini Madeira Apuí Borba Humaitá Manicoré Novo Aripuanã Purus Canutama Lábrea Tapauá

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