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Itapiranga
Itapiranga
Municipality
	Seal
	Location of the municipality inside Amazonas
	Coordinates: 2°44′56″S 58°1′19″W / 2.74889°S 58.02194°W
Country	Brazil
Region	North
State	Amazonas
Area
• Total	4,231 km2 (1,634 sq mi)
Population (2020)
• Total	9,230
• Density	2/km2 (5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−4 (BRT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (DST no longer used)

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Itapiranga is a municipality located in the state of Amazonas northern Brazil on the left bank of the Solimões River about 200 km east of Manaus. Its population was 9,230 (2020)^[1] and its area is 4,231 km².^[2]

Name

The name is of Indian origin, and was given to a quarry which has a port. It comes from ita, stone and pitanga, red, so the name means "red stone".

Geography

The municipality contains about 40% of the 424,430 hectares (1,048,800 acres) Uatumã Sustainable Development Reserve, which protects the lower part of the Uatumã River basin.^[3]

History

It was founded in 1931 as a suburb of Silves.

References

^ IBGE 2020
^ IBGE - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-01-09. Retrieved 2014-08-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ RDS do Uatumã (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-07-25

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[1] IBGE 2020

[2] IBGE - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-01-09. Retrieved 2014-08-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] RDS do Uatumã (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-07-25

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-'''Itapiranga''' is a town and [[municipality]] located in the state of [[Amazonas (Brazilian state)|Amazonas]] [[northern Brazil]] on the left bank of the [[Salimoes River]] about 200&nbsp;km east of Manaus. Its population was 8,625 (2005) and its area is 4,231&nbsp;km².<ref>[[Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics|IBGE]] - [http://www.ibge.gov.br/cidadesat/default.php]</ref>
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+'''Itapiranga''' is a [[Municipalities of Brazil|municipality]] located in the state of [[Amazonas (Brazilian state)|Amazonas]] [[northern Brazil]] on the left bank of the [[Solimões River]] about 200&nbsp;km east of Manaus. Its population was 9,230 (2020)<ref>[https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/am/itapiranga/panorama IBGE 2020]</ref> and its area is 4,231&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref>[[Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics|IBGE]] - {{cite web|url=http://www.ibge.gov.br/cidadesat/default.php |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-08-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070109005631/http://www.ibge.gov.br/cidadesat/default.php |archive-date=2007-01-09 }}</ref>
+==Name==
+The name is of Indian origin, and was given to a quarry which has a port. It comes from ''ita'', stone and ''pitanga'', red, so the name means "red stone".
+==Geography==
+The municipality contains about 40% of the {{convert|424430|ha}} [[Uatumã Sustainable Development Reserve]], which protects the lower part of the [[Uatumã River]] basin.<ref>{{citation|ref={{harvid|RDS do Uatumã – ISA}}|language=pt
+ |title=RDS do Uatumã|publisher=ISA: Instituto Socioambiental
+ |url=https://uc.socioambiental.org/uc/6832|access-date=2016-07-25}}</ref>
 ==History==
-It was founded in 1931 as a suburb of Silves.
+It was founded in 1931 as a suburb of [[Silves, Amazonas|Silves]].
 ==References==
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+{{Municipalities of Amazonas}}
-[[Category:Populated places in Amazonas (Brazilian state)]]
+[[Category:Municipalities in Amazonas (Brazilian state)]]
 [[Category:Populated places on the Amazon]]
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