Humaitá 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 56,144 (2020) and its area is 33,072 km². The city is located on the banks of the

Madeira River The Madeira River ( ) is a major waterway in South America. It is estimated to be in length, while the Madeira-Mamoré is estimated near or in length depending on the measuring party and their methods. The Madeira is the biggest tributary of ...

. The city is served by

Humaitá Airport Francisco Correa da Cruz Airport is the airport serving Humaitá, Brazil. Airlines and destinations No scheduled flights operate at this airport. Access The airport is located from downtown Humaitá. See also *List of airports in Brazil T ...

. The

Trans-Amazonian Highway The Trans-Amazonian Highway (official designation BR-230, official name Rodovia Transamazônica ) was introduced on September 27, 1972. It is 4,000 km long, making it the third longest highway in Brazil. It runs through the Amazon forest and ...

passes through the city.

Geography

The municipality contains part of the strictly-protected

Cuniã Ecological Station Cuniã Ecological Station () is a strictly protected ecological station in the states of Amazonas and Rondônia, Brazil. It preserves an area of savannah parkland on the border of the Amazon rainforest. The conservation unit is rich in lakes and ...

, an area of

cerrado The Cerrado () is a vast ecoregion of Tropics, tropical savanna in central Brazil, being present in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Maranhão, Piauí, Bahia, Minas Gerais, São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Paraná ...

savanna parkland. It contains 5% of the

Campos Amazônicos National Park The Campos Amazônicos National Park () is a National park in the states of Rondônia, Amazonas and Mato Grosso, Brazil. Location The Campos Amazônicos National Park covers parts of the municipalities of Novo Aripuanã (66.69%), Manicoré ( ...

, a protected area created in 2006 that protects an unusual enclave of

vegetation in the Amazon rainforest. It also contains the

Humaitá National Forest The Humaitá National Forest () is a National forest (Brazil), national forest in the state of Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas, Brazil. Location The Humaitá National Forest is in the Humaitá, Amazonas, Humaitá municipality of the state o ...

, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 1998.

References

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