Beruri

Beruri
Municipality
Location of the municipality inside Amazonas
Beruri Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 3°53′54″S 61°22′23″W / 3.89833°S 61.37306°WCoordinates: 3°53′54″S 61°22′23″W / 3.89833°S 61.37306°W
Country	Brazil
Region	North
State	Amazonas
Time zone	BRT (UTC−4)
• Summer (DST)	DST no longer used (UTC−4)

Beruri is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 13,220 (2005) and its area is 17,251 km².^[1]

The municipality contains 28.17% of the 1,008,167 hectares (2,491,230 acres) Piagaçu-Purus Sustainable Development Reserve, established in 2003.^[2] It contains about 6% of the Nascentes do Lago Jari National Park, an 812,745 hectares (2,008,340 acres) protected area established in 2008.^[3] It contain 57% of the 397,557 hectares (982,380 acres) Igapó-Açu Sustainable Development Reserve, created in 2009.^[4]

References

1. IBGE - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-01-09. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
2. RDS Piagaçu-Purus (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-20
3. FLONA do Iquiri (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-02
4. RDS Igapó-Açu (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-02