Humaitá, Amazonas

Humaitá
Municipality
Municipality of Humaita
Humaita Cathedral
Flag Seal
Nickname(s): "Princesa do Madeira" ("The Princess of the Madeira")
Amazonas state with Humaita municipality in red
Humaitá Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 07°30′22″S 63°01′15″W / 7.50611°S 63.02083°W / -7.50611; -63.02083
Country	Brazil
Region	North
State	Amazonas
Demonym	humaitaense
Founded	February 4, 1890
Government
• Mayor	Jose Cidenei Lobo do Nascimento (PMDB)
Area
• Total	33,071.667 km2 (12,769.042 sq mi)
Elevation	90 m (300 ft)
Population (2012)
• Total	45,954
• Density	1.39/km2 (3.6/sq mi)
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	DST no longer used (UTC-4)
Website	http://www.humaita.am.gov.br

Humaitá is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 45,954 (2012) and its area is 33,072 km².^[1] The city is located on the banks of the Madeira River.

The city is served by Humaitá Airport. The Trans-Amazonian Highway passes through the city.

The municipality contains part of the strictly-protected Cuniã Ecological Station, an area of cerrado savanna parkland.^[2] It contains 5% of the Campos Amazônicos National Park, a 961,318 hectares (2,375,470 acres) protected area created in 2006 that protects an unusual enclave of cerrado vegetation in the Amazon rainforest.^[3] It also contains the Humaitá National Forest, a 473,155 hectares (1,169,190 acres) sustainable use conservation unit created in 1998.^[4]

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