Céu do Mapiá | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Official Name: | Vila de Céu do Mapiá |
Nickname: | Mapiá |
Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brazil |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Name1: | North |
Subdivision Name2: | Amazonas |
Subdivision Name3: | Pauini |
Leader Title: | Founder |
Leader Name: | Sebastião Mota de Melo |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1983 |
Area Total Km2: | 2500 |
Population As Of: | 2009 |
Population Total: | 700 |
Timezone: | BRST-2 |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | DST not used |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Coordinates: | -8.2947°N -67.6156°W |
Elevation M: | 100 |
Elevation Ft: | 328 |
Area Code: | +55 97 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Postal Code: | 69860-000 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Am |
Céu do Mapiá (Portuguese for "Heaven of the Mapiá [river]") is a Brazilian village founded in 1983 by Sebastião Mota de Melo. It is located in the headwaters of Igarapé (river) Mapiá, 19miles from the Purus River, in Amazonian South mesoregion, between the Purus and Boca do Acre microregions, in the municipality of Pauini, state of Amazonas.
The village is located within the Inauini-Pauini National Reserve - one of the best-preserved areas of the western Brazilian Amazon. In 1990, with the community's support, the Brazilian government created by the Decree No. 96 190, of June 21, 1988[1] the Purus National Forest, with an area of 256,000 ha and the village of Céu do Mapiá as a kind of unofficial capital.
The village is the headquarters of ICEFLU (formerly called CEFLURIS), a branch (also founded by Sebastião Mota de Melo) of the Santo Daime religion.[2] [3]