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Japurá
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Also known as Japura

Japurá is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 2,251 (2020) and its area is 55,791 km2 (21,541 sq mi). It forms the Japurá microregion together with the municipality Maraã (to the east of the Japurá municipality). The southern border of both the municipality and the microregion is the Japurá River. thumb|right|260px| It forms the Japurá Microregion (Brazil)|microregion together with the municipality [[Maraã (to the east of the Japurá municipality).]] The municipality contains the Juami-Japurá Ecological Station, which covers the entire Juami River

Key facts

Settlement.name
Japurá
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
Settlement.image_flag
Japurá - bandeira.jpg
Settlement.image_seal
Japurá - brasão.jpg
Settlement.image_map
Amazonas Municip Japura.jpg
Settlement.map_caption
Location of the municipality inside Amazonas
Settlement.pushpin_map
Brazil
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Brazil
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
North
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Amazonas
Settlement.population_as_of
2020
Settlement.population_total
2,251
Settlement.timezone
BRT
Settlement.utc_offset
−4
Settlement.timezone_DST
DST no longer used

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
border city
Demonym
japuraense
Country
Brazil
Located in
Amazonas
Population
10777
Area
55791.837
Elevation
95
Shares border with
Fonte Boa
Dialing code
97
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Commons category
Japurá (Amazonas)
Human Development Index
0.522
electorate
4391
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Encyclopedic overview

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Japurá is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 2,251 (2020) and its area is 55,791 km2 (21,541 sq mi). It forms the Japurá microregion together with the municipality Maraã (to the east of the Japurá municipality). The southern border of both the municipality and the microregion is the Japurá River. thumb|right|260px| It forms the Japurá Microregion (Brazil)|microregion together with the municipality [[Maraã (to the east of the Japurá municipality).]] The municipality contains the Juami-Japurá Ecological Station, which covers the entire Juami River basin. The municipality contains 55% of the Auatí-Paraná Extractive Reserve, created in 2001. It contains part of the Alto Rio Negro Indigenous Territory, created in 1998.

==In popular culture== Japurá, rendered as "Jaburo," is the location of the main Earth Federation base in the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Japurá” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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