Novo Progresso is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
in the
state
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**Nation state, a ...
of
Pará
Pará () is a Federative units of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins (state), Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas (Brazilian st ...
in the
Northern region of
Brazil
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.
The city is served by
Novo Progresso Airport
Geography
The municipality contains part of the
Nascentes da Serra do Cachimbo Biological Reserve, a strictly protected conservation unit established in 2005.
It also contains part of the
Rio Novo National Park, a conservation unit created in 2006.
In contains the
Jamanxim National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2006 in which uncontrolled clearance of the
Amazon rainforest
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was proceeding at a rapid pace.
Climate
See also
*
List of municipalities in Pará
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Pará (PA), located in the North Region of Brazil
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References
Municipalities in Pará
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