Amapá (municipality) explained

Official Name:Municipality of Amapá
Amapá
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Brazil
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Brazil
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Brazil
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:North
Subdivision Type2:State
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Carlos Sampaio Duarte
Leader Party:UNIÃO
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1901
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:8,454.847
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:9,187
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:BRT
Utc Offset:-3
Coordinates:2.0528°N -50.7928°W
Elevation M:8
Blank Name:HDI (2010)
Blank Info:0.642 – medium[3]

Amapá (pronounced as /pt/) is a municipality located in the easternmost portion of the homonymous state of Amapá in Brazil. Its population is 9,187 and its area is .

History

The borders between French Guiana and Brazil were not clear. Attempts at negotiations failed, and in 1862 it was decided that the area between the Amazon and the Oyapock was a neutral territory.[4] In 1894 gold was discovered in the Calçoene River, which resulted in a declaration of an autonomous state under Brazilian protection by general Francisco Cabral.[4] In May 1895, Camille Charvein, the Governor of French Guiana, sent troops to Mapá (nowadays: Amapá). During the battle, six French, and 30 Brazilian soldiers and civilians were killed .[5] In 1897, France and Brazil asked Switzerland to settle the dispute, and most of the territory was given to Brazil in what is nowadays the state of Amapá.[4]

The municipality was founded in 1911 as Montenegro. In 1930, the name was changed to Amapá after the Amapá tree. The municipality contains two districts: the town of Amapá and Sucuriju.[6] The municipality is home to a World War II airbase built by the Americans which has been turned into a museum.[7]

Geography

The municipality is home to part of the Lago Piratuba Biological Reserve.It also contains the Maracá-Jipioca Ecological Station, which covers two very low-lying islands just off the coast with rich biodiversity.It contains 6.32% of the Amapá State Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit established in 2006.It contains 3.08% of the Amapá National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 1989.

From Amapá you can access Cachoeira Grande, a series of waterfalls in the Amapá Grande River. The site is technically located in the Calçoene municipality.[7] Near the falls, is a sandbank and a holiday resort with restaurants.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Panorama Amapá . IBGE . 25 January 2023 . pt.
  2. https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/ap/amapa/panorama IBGE 2020
  3. Web site: Archived copy . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140708233352/http://www.pnud.org.br/arquivos/ranking-idhm-2010.pdf . July 8, 2014 . August 1, 2013 . United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
  4. Web site: The Republic of Counani: The man who would be king. Guianas Geographic. 5 August 2020. Denis Lamaison. 9 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140309030235/http://www.guianas-geographic.com/article-en/brazil-report/the-republic-of-counani-the-man-who-would-be-king/. dead.
  5. Le Contesté franco-brésilien : enjeux et conséquences d'un conflit oublié entre la France et le Brésil. Stéphane Granger. 2011. Outre-Mers. Revue d'histoire . fr. 162–163.
  6. Web site: História. IBGE. 31 March 2021. pt.
  7. Web site: Amapá. Municipality of Amapá. 31 March 2021. pt.
  8. Web site: CACHOEIRA GRANDE EM AMAPÁ – AP. Viaja Brasil. 1 April 2021. pt.