Atalaia do Norte explained

Atalaia do Norte
Settlement Type:Municipality
Official Name:The Municipality of Atalaia do Norte
Nickname:"Pérola do Javari" (Javari's Pearl)
Mapsize:250px
Pushpin Map:Brazil
Pushpin Map Size:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Brazil
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name: Brazil
Subdivision Name1:Norte
Subdivision Name2: Amazonas
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Nonato do Nascimento Tenazor (PDT)
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:December 19, 1955
Area Total Km2:76355
Population As Of:2020
Population Note:[1]
Population Total:20,398
Population Density Km2:0.17
Timezone:ACT
Utc Offset:-5
Coordinates:-4.3719°N -70.1919°W
Elevation M:65
Blank Name:HDI (2000)
Blank Info:0.559 – medium[2]

Atalaia do Norte is the most western municipality in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. As of 2020, its population was 20,398 and its area is 76,355 km2,[3] thus making it the third largest municipality in Amazonas and the seventh largest in Brazil.

Geography

The area of this municipality includes the Vale do Javari, an indigenous reserve which is inhabited until the present day by isolated Indians also called "arrow peoples", indigenous ethnic groups that have had little or no contact with modernity.[4] The town is at the start of the Itaquai River.

Notes and References

  1. https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/am/atalaia-do-norte/panorama IBGE 2020
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 2009-12-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091003103229/http://www.pnud.org.br/atlas/ranking/IDH-M%2091%2000%20Ranking%20decrescente%20%28pelos%20dados%20de%202000%29.htm . 2009-10-03 . UNDP
  3. [Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics|IBGE]
  4. Web site: Uncontacted tribe found deep in Amazon rainforest . 2020-05-08 . The Guardian UK . . Tom . 2011-06-22.