Anapu
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View of Anapu
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Location in Pará state
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Location in Brazil | |
Coordinates: 03°28′20″S 51°11′52″W / 3.47222°S 51.19778°W / -3.47222; -51.19778 | |
Country | Brazil |
Region | North |
State | Pará |
Area | |
• Total | 11,895 km2 (4,593 sq mi) |
Population
(2020 [1])
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• Total | 28,607 |
• Density | 2.4/km2 (6.2/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
Anapu is a cityinPará, Brazil. Its population in 2020 was 28,607 inhabitants. The territorial area of Anapu is 11,895 km2.[2]
Anapu's rain forests are subject to massive clearcutting.
Anapu attracted international attention on February 12, 2005, when the American-born, naturalized Brazilian citizen Sister Dorothy Stang—member of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, and advocate for the rural poor of the Amazon Rainforest—was murdered there.
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Capital: Belém | |||||||||||||||
Mesoregion Lower Amazonas |
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Mesoregion Marajó |
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Mesoregion Metropolitan Belém |
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Mesoregion Northeastern Pará |
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Mesoregion Southeastern Pará |
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Mesoregion Southwestern Pará |
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