Apiacás

Coordinates: 09°32′38″S 57°26′56″W / 9.54389°S 57.44889°W / -9.54389; -57.44889
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Apiacás
Municipality
The Municipality of Apiacás
UTC−3 (BRT)
HDI (2000)0.713 – medium[2]

Apiacás is the northernmost municipality in the

state of Mato Grosso. It is the only city in a territorial "edge" of Mato Grosso that "pierces" 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. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. UNDP
  3. ^ Unidade de Conservação: Parque Nacional do Juruena (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-23