São Sebastião do Uatumã | |||
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Location of the municipality inside Amazonas |
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Coordinates: 2°34′19″S 57°52′15″W / 2.57194°S 57.87083°WCoordinates: 2°34′19″S 57°52′15″W / 2.57194°S 57.87083°W | |||
Country | Brazil | ||
Region | North | ||
State | Amazonas | ||
Time zone | BRT (UTC−4) | ||
• Summer (DST) | DST no longer used (UTC−4) |
São Sebastião do Uatumã is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 8,748 (2005) and its area is 10,741 km².
The municipality contains part of the 938,720 hectares (2,319,600 acres) Uatumã Biological Reserve, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 2002. It contains about 60% of the 424,430 hectares (1,048,800 acres) Uatumã Sustainable Development Reserve, which protects the lower part of the Uatumã River basin.