Rio Preto da Eva

For the river, see Preto da Eva River.

Rio Preto da Eva
Municipality
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Location of the municipality inside Amazonas
Rio Preto da Eva Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 2°41′56″S 59°42′0″W
Country	Brazil
Region	North
State	Amazonas
Population  (2020)
• Total	34,106
Time zone	UTC−4 (AMT)

Rio Preto da Eva (Black River of Eve in Portuguese) is a municipality located just east of Manaus in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 34,106 (2020)^[1] and its area is 5,813 square kilometres (2,244 sq mi).^[2]

Geography

The municipality contains most of the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project Area of Relevant Ecological Interest, created in 1985.^[3] The municipality contains the 27,342 hectares (67,560 acres) Rio Urubu State Forest, created in 2003.^[4]

References

1. IBGE 2020
2. IBGE - [1]
3. ARIE Proj. Dinâmica B. de Fragmentos Florestais (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-10-18
4. FES do Rio Urubu (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-10-20