Serra da Ibiapaba Environmental Protection Area
| Serra da Ibiapaba Environmental Protection Area | |
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| Área de Proteção Ambiental Serra da Ibiapaba | |
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IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
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BR-222 in the Serra da Ibiapaba
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| Nearest city | Piracuruca, Piauí |
| Coordinates | 4°04′26″S 41°23′29″W / 4.073799°S 41.391262°WCoordinates: 4°04′26″S 41°23′29″W / 4.073799°S 41.391262°W |
| Area | 1,592,550 ha (6,148.9 sq mi) |
| Designation | Environmental protection area |
| Created | 26 November 1996 |
| Administrator | ICMBio |
The Serra da Ibiapaba Environmental Protection Area (Portuguese: Área de Proteção Ambiental Serra da Ibiapaba) is an environmental protection area in the states of Piauí and Ceará, Brazil. It contains fragments of cerrado, caatinga and Atlantic Forest, and is home to the endangered red-handed howler.
The Serra da Ibiapaba Environmental Protection Area (APA) covers parts of the states of Piauí and Ceará, with a total area of 1,592,550 hectares (3,935,300 acres). In Piauí it covers all or part of the municipalities of Bom Princípio do Piauí, Brasileira, Buriti dos Lopes, Cocal, Domingos Mourão, Lagoa de São Francisco, Pedro II, Piracuruca, Piripiri, Batalha, Buriti dos Montes, Caraúbas do Piauí, Caxingó, Cocal dos Alves, Juazeiro do Piauí, Luís Correia, Milton Brandão, São João da Fronteira, São José do Divino and Sigefredo Pacheco. In Ceará it covers all or part of the municipalities of Chaval, Granja, Moraújo, Tianguá, Viçosa do Ceará and Uruoca.
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