Pauini
Municipality
Location of the municipality inside Amazonas
Location of the municipality inside Amazonas
Coordinates: 7°42′50″S 66°58′33″W / 7.71389°S 66.97583°W / -7.71389; -66.97583
Country Brazil
RegionNorth
State Amazonas
Area
 • Total43,263 km2 (16,704 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total19,522
 • Density0.45/km2 (1.2/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−4 (AMT)

Pauini is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas.

The population of Pauini was 19,522 in 2020.[1] Its area is 43,263 square kilometres (16,704 sq mi).[2] The municipality contains the 256,000 hectares (630,000 acres) Purus National Forest, created in 1988.[3] It holds 8% of the 311,000 hectares (770,000 acres) Mapiá-Inauini National Forest, created in 1989.[4] It also contains 8% of the 604,209 hectares (1,493,030 acres) Médio Purus Extractive Reserve, created in 2008.[5]

References

  1. ↑ IBGE 2020
  2. ↑ IBGE -
  3. ↑ FLONA do Purus (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-08
  4. ↑ FLONA Mapiá-Inauini (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-08
  5. ↑ RESEX Médio Purus (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-03
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