Aripuanã is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the
state
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* State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
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**Nation state, a ...
of
Mato Grosso
Mato Grosso ( – ) is one of the states of Brazil, the List of Brazilian states by area, third largest by area, located in the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible ...
in the
Central-West Region of
Brazil
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. It is located on the banks of the
Aripuanã River
Aripuanã River () is a river in the Mato Grosso and Amazonas states in north-western Brazil. It is a tributary of the Madeira River in the Amazon Basin. The town of Novo Aripuanã is located on its banks where it merges into the Madeira River. ...
.
The city is served by
Aripuanã Airport.
The municipality contains the
Rio Flor do Prado Ecological Station, a fully protected environmental unit created in 2003.
It also holds part of the
Guariba-Roosevelt Extractive Reserve
The Guariba-Roosevelt Extractive Reserve () is an extractive reserve in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil.
A small traditional population live through fishing, hunting, small-scale agriculture and sale of forest products such as nuts. The reserve i ...
, a sustainable use unit created in 1996.
References
Municipalities in Mato Grosso
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