Pracuúba

Pracuúba
Location of Pracuúba in Amapá
Coordinates: 01°44′37″N 50°47′04″W / 1.74361°N 50.78444°W
Country	Brazil
Region	North
State	Amapá
Area
• Total	4,957 km^2 (1,914 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	3,783

Pracuúba is a municipality located in the mideast of the state of Amapá in Brazil.

Location

The population of Pracuúba is 3,783 and its area is 4,957 square kilometres (1,914 sq mi). Pracuúba is located 235 kilometres (146 mi) from the state capitol of Macapá. The name of the municipality comes from a tree common to the area known as the pracuubeira. The economy of Pracuúba relies of artisanal fishing and raising livestock, primarily buffalo. It also produces timber and açaí.^[1]

Conservation

The municipality contains part of the 392,469 hectares (969,810 acres) Lago Piratuba Biological Reserve, a fully protected conservation unit created in 1980.^[2] It also contains 4.52% of the 2,369,400 hectares (5,855,000 acres) Amapá State Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit established in 2006.^[3] It contains 52.85% of the 460,353 hectares (1,137,560 acres) Amapá National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 1989.^[4]

References

1. "Pracuúba" (in Portuguese). Macapá, Amapá, Brazil: Governo do Estado do Amapá. 2011. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
2. Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Biológica do Lago Piratuba (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-04-27
3. FES do Amapá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-07-06
4. FLONA do Amapá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-07-06