Rio Negro State Park South Section
| Rio Negro State Park South Section | |
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| Parque Estadual do Rio Negro Setor Sul | |
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IUCN category II (national park)
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| Nearest city | Manaus, Amazonas |
| Coordinates | 2°33′21″S 60°27′14″W / 2.555775°S 60.453966°WCoordinates: 2°33′21″S 60°27′14″W / 2.555775°S 60.453966°W |
| Area | 86,601 hectares (214,000 acres) |
| Designation | State park |
| Created | 2 April 1995 |
| Administrator | Centro Estadual de Unidades de Conservação do Amazonas |
Rio Negro State Park South Section (Portuguese: Parque Estadual do Rio Negro Setor Sul) is a State park in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It protects an area of Amazon rainforest to the east of the Rio Negro that is home to the endangered pied tamarin. The area was reduced in 2001 and was further reduced in 2014 to create a sustainable development reserve for the people that had been living there since before the park was created.
The Rio Negro State Park South Section is in the municipality of Manaus in the state of Amazonas. The park is about 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the city of Manaus, accessible from there by boat. It has an area of 86,601 hectares (214,000 acres).
The park is near the right (east) bank of the Rio Negro near the point where it joins the Amazon River, set back about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the river. The Rio Negro in this region is protected by the Anavilhanas National Park. The Margem Esquerda do Rio Negro Environmental Protection Area surrounds the park on the west, north and east. The Cuieiras River defines its south and east boundary. The Puranga Conquista Sustainable Development Reserve is to the south of the park, on the opposite side of the Cuieiras.
The Rio Negro State Park South Section is in the central Amazonia corridor, in the Lower Rio Negro Mosaic. It protects part of the basin of the Cuieiras river. The river and the Araras and Jaraqui streams, tributaries of the Rio Negro, are low-lying and have flooded mouths. The main plant formations are Igapó forest, dense terra firma forest and Campinarana. Wildlife is very diverse. It includes the pied tamarin (Saguinus bicolor), an endemic primate, in the south of the park and the red-handed tamarin (Saguinus midas) on the right bank of the Cuieiras.
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