Fonte Boa, Amazonas

Fonte Boa
Municipality

Location of the municipality inside Amazonas
Fonte Boa

Location in Brazil

Coordinates: 2°30′50″S 66°5′30″W / 2.51389°S 66.09167°W / -2.51389; -66.09167Coordinates: 2°30′50″S 66°5′30″W / 2.51389°S 66.09167°W / -2.51389; -66.09167
Country  Brazil
Region North
State Amazonas
Time zone BRT (UTC−4)
 • Summer (DST) DST no longer used (UTC−4)

Fonte Boa (literally, "good water spring") is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 37,595 (2005) and its area is 12,111 km².[1]

The city is served by Fonte Boa Airport.

The municipality contains 45% of the 146,950 hectares (363,100 acres) Auatí-Paraná Extractive Reserve, created in 2001.[2]

References

  1. ↑ IBGE - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 11, 2008. Retrieved June 11, 2008.
  2. ↑ RESEX Auatí-Paraná (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-10-21
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