Carauari 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' ...

located in the

Brazilian state The federative units of Brazil () are subnational entities with a certain degree of autonomy (self-government, self-regulation, and self-collection) and endowed with their own government and constitution, which together form the Federative Repu ...

of Amazonas. Its population was 28,508 (2020) and its area is 25,767 km². The city is served by

Carauari Airport Carauari Airport is the airport serving Carauari, Brazil. Airlines and destinations Accidents and incidents On 15 December 1994, a TABA Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante en route from Carauari and Tefé to Manaus was hijacked by two Colombian cit ...

Geography

The town is in the Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoregion. The municipality contains about 5% of the

Tefé National Forest The Tefé National Forest () is a National forest (Brazil), national forest in Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas, Brazil. It protects a relatively well-preserved area of Amazon rainforest to the south of the town of Tefé on the Solimões River ...

, created in 1989. The municipality contains Médio Juruá Extractive Reserve, created in 1997, on the left bank of the meandering

Juruá River The Juruá River ( ; ) is a southern affluent river of the Amazon River west of the Purus River. The Juruá emerges from highlands in east-central Peru, then winds its way through lowlands in Brazil, sharing with this the bottom of the immense in ...

. It also contains the Uacari Sustainable Development Reserve, created in 2005.

Climate

Carauari has a

tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southeast Florida, United States ...

(

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''Af'') with unpleasantly hot and humid weather year-round. Rainfall is significant throughout, although the period from June to August is drier than the remainder of the year.

References

Municipalities in Amazonas (Brazilian state) {{AmazonasBR-geo-stub