Marajó Archipelago Environmental Protection Area
| Marajó Archipelago Environmental Protection Area | |
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| Área de Proteção Ambiental Arquipélago do Marajó | |
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IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
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| Nearest city | Belém, Pará |
| Coordinates | 0°49′09″S 49°47′11″W / 0.819212°S 49.786265°WCoordinates: 0°49′09″S 49°47′11″W / 0.819212°S 49.786265°W |
| Area | 5,998,570 hectares (14,822,800 acres) |
| Designation | Environmental protection area |
| Created | 5 October 1989 |
The Marajó Archipelago Environmental Protection Area (Portuguese: Área de Proteção Ambiental Arquipélago do Marajó) is an environmental protection area in the state of Pará, Brazil. It protects an archipelago of fluvial marine islands in area where the Amazon and Tocantins rivers converge and enter the Atlantic. Covering almost 60,000 square kilometres (23,000 sq mi) it is larger than some countries in Europe. The area is inhabited, but human activities are limited to some extent to reduce ecological damage.
The Marajó Archipelago Environmental Protection Area (APA) is divided between the Pará municipalities of Afuá (14.2%), Anajás (11.78%), Breves (16.15%), Cachoeira do Arari (5.21%), Chaves (22.44%), Curralinho (6.09%), Muaná (6.37%), Ponta de Pedras (5.7%), Salvaterra (1.75%), Santa Cruz do Arari (1.69%), Soure (5.94%) and São Sebastião da Boa Vista (2.67%). It has an area of 5,998,570 hectares (14,822,800 acres). This makes it larger than some European countries.
The APA includes the island of Marajó and about 3,000 other islands and islets to the northwest of Belém in the delta region where the Amazon and rivers empty into the Atlantic Ocean. The archipelago has a population of about of 250,000. The APA contains the Charapucu State Park in Afuá and the Mapuá, Terra Grande-Pracuúba and Soure extractive reserves.
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