Ferreira Gomes

Coordinates: 00°51′28″N 51°10′48″W / 0.85778°N 51.18000°W / 0.85778; -51.18000

Ferreira Gomes
Municipality
Municipio de Ferreira Gomes

Location of Ferreira Gomes in the State of Amapá
Coordinates: 00°51′28″N 51°10′48″W / 0.85778°N 51.18000°W / 0.85778; -51.18000
Country Brazil
Region North
State Amapá
Founded December 17, 1987
Government
 • Mayor Elcias Guimarães Borges (PMDB)
Area
 • Total 5,046.696 km2 (1,948.540 sq mi)
Population (2014)
 • Total 6,714
 • Density 1.15/km2 (3.0/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-4

Ferreira Gomes is a municipality located in the center of the state of Amapá in Brazil. Its population is 6,714 and its area is 5,047 square kilometres (1,949 sq mi).[1]

The municipality contains 3.64% of the 2,369,400 hectares (5,855,000 acres) Amapá State Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit established in 2006.[2] It also contains 44.07% of the 460,353 hectares (1,137,560 acres) Amapá National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 1989.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Ferreira Gomes" (in Portuguese). Brasília: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-31.
  2. ↑ FES do Amapá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-07-06
  3. ↑ FLONA do Amapá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-07-06
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