Pracuúba () 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 mideast of the state of
Amapá
Amapá (; ) is one of the 26 federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil. It is in the North Region, Brazil, North Region of Brazil. It is Federative units of Brazil#List, the second-least populous state and the eighteenth-largest state by area ...
in
Brazil
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. It became an independent municipality in 1992. The town can be accessed from the
BR-156 highway.
Geography
The population of Pracuúba is 5,246 and its area is .
Pracuúba is located from the state capitol of
Macapá
Macapá () is a city in Brazil with a population of 512,902 (2020 estimate), and is the capital of Amapá state in the country's North Region, Brazil, North Region, located on the northern channel of the Amazon Delta near its mouth on the Atlant ...
. The name of the municipality comes from a tree common to the area known as the ''pracuubeira''. The economy of Pracuúba relies of
artisanal fishing
Artisanal, subsistence, or traditional fishing consists of various small-scale, low-technology, fishing practices undertaken by individual fishermen (as opposed to commercial fishing). Many of these households are of coastal or island ethnic grou ...
and raising livestock, primarily
buffalo. It also produces timber and
açaí.
The municipality contains part of the
Lago Piratuba Biological Reserve, a fully protected conservation unit created in 1980.
It also contains 4.52% of the
Amapá State Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit established in 2006.
It contains 52.85% of the
Amapá National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 1989.
Cujubim
Cujubim is an agricultural village located in the municipality. Pedro Maciel Filho, a native of Cujubim, wanted a school in his village where agricultural techniques were taught. Filho donated land on which the school could be constructed. On 9 January 2021, the Pedro Maciel Filho School was opened in Cujubim.
See also
*
List of municipalities in Amapá
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Amapá (AP), located in the North Region of Brazil. Amapá is divided into 16 municipalities.
Municipalities
See also
*Geography of Brazil
The country of Brazil occupies roughly h ...
References
External links
Official site(in Portuguese)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pracuuba
Municipalities in Amapá
Populated places in Amapá