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Municipality in Central-West, Brazil
Apiacás
Municipality
The Municipality of Apiacás
Location of ApiacásLocation of Apiacás
Apiacás is located in BrazilApiacásApiacás
Coordinates: 09°32′38″S 57°26′56″W / 9.54389°S 57.44889°W / -9.54389; -57.44889
Country Brazil
RegionCentral-West
State Mato Grosso
FoundedJanuary 1, 2001
Government
 • MayorSilda Kochemborger
Area
 • Total20,364.204 km (7,862.663 sq mi)
Elevation200 m (700 ft)
Population
 • Total10,283
 • Density0.3/km (0.8/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
HDI (2000)0.713 – medium

Apiacás is the northernmost municipality in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. It is the only city in a territorial "edge" of Mato Grosso that "pierces" the boundary between Amazonas and Pará.

The municipality contains part of the 19,582 square kilometres (7,561 sq mi) Juruena National Park, one of the largest conservation units in Brazil.

References

  1. IBGE 2020
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2009-12-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - UNDP
  3. Unidade de Conservação: Parque Nacional do Juruena (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-23
Municipalities of Mato Grosso
Capital: Cuiabá
Centro-Sul Mato-Grossense
Alto Pantanal
Alto Paraguai
Cuiabá
Rosario Oeste
Nordeste Mato-Grossense
Canarana
Medio Araguaia
Norte Araguaia
Norte Mato-Grossense
Alta Floresta
Alto Teles Pires
Arinos
Aripuanã
Colíder
Paranatinga
Parecis
Sinop
Sudeste Mato-Grossense
Alto Araguaia
Primavera do Leste
Rondonópolis
Tesouro
Sudoeste Mato-Grossense
Alto Guaporé
Jauru
Tangará da Serra
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