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Céu do Mapiá

Céu do Mapiá
Village
Vila de Céu do Mapiá
Nickname(s): Mapiá
Céu do Mapiá is located in Brazil
Céu do Mapiá
Céu do Mapiá
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 08°17′41″S 67°36′56″W / 8.29472°S 67.61556°W / -8.29472; -67.61556Coordinates: 08°17′41″S 67°36′56″W / 8.29472°S 67.61556°W / -8.29472; -67.61556
Country  Brazil
Region North
State Bandeira do Amazonas.svg Amazonas
Municipality Pauini
Founded 1983
Government
 • Founder Sebastião Mota de Melo
Area
 • Total 2,500 km2 (1,000 sq mi)
Elevation 100 m (328 ft)
Population (2009)
 • Total 700
Time zone BRST-2 (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) DST not used (UTC-5)
Postal Code 69860-000
Area code(s) +55 97
Climate Am

Céu do Mapiá (Portuguese for "Sky of the Mapiá [river]") is a Brazilian village founded in 1983 by Sebastião Mota de Melo. It is located in the headwaters of Igarapé (river) Mapiá, 19 miles (31 km) from the Purus River, in Amazonian South mesoregion, between the Purus and Boca do Acre microregions, in the municipality of Pauini, state of Amazonas.

The village is located within the Inauini-Pauini National Reserve - one of the best-preserved areas of the western Brazilian Amazon. In 1990, with the community's support, the Brazilian government created by the Decree No. 96 190, of June 21, 1988 the Purus National Forest, with an area of 256,000 ha and the village of Céu do Mapiá as a kind of unofficial capital.

The village is the headquarters of ICEFLU (formerly called CEFLURIS), a branch (also founded by Sebastião Mota de Melo) of the Santo Daime religion.



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