Coari (''Choary'') is a Brazilian municipality in the
Amazon region
The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about , or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent. It is located in the countries of Bolivi ...
.
Location
The municipal seat of Coari is one of the largest cities of the
Amazonas state. It is the seat of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Coari
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Coari ( la, Dioecesis Coaritana) is a diocese located in the city of Coari in the Ecclesiastical province of Manaus in Brazil.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Coari was erected on 9 October 2013 by Pope Francis, an ...
. The area has reserves of oil and
natural gas
Natural gas (also called fossil gas or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes. Low levels of trace gases like carbon ...
.
Coari is served by
Coari Airport located 6 km from downtown Coari.
Porto Urucu Airport located in the district of Porto Urucu 470 km away serves the population residing and working for
Petrobras.
Conservation
The municipality is in the
Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoregion.
It contains part of the
Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve.
It contains a small portion of the
Piagaçu-Purus Sustainable Development Reserve, established in 2003.
The municipality contains 66.15% of the
Catuá-Ipixuna Extractive Reserve, established in 2003 as the first extractive reserve in the state of Amazonas.
Climate
References
IBGE
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics ( pt, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística; IBGE) is the agency responsible for official collection of statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental informati ...
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External links
Coari website
Populated places on the Amazon
Municipalities in Amazonas (Brazilian state)
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