Japurá


Japurá is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 13,026 and its area is 55,791 km². It forms the Japurá microregion together with the municipality Maraã. The southern border of both the municipality and the microregion is the Japurá River.
The municipality contains the Juami-Japurá Ecological Station, which covers the entire Juami River basin.
The municipality contains 55% of the Auatí-Paraná Extractive Reserve, created in 2001.
It contains part of the Alto Rio Negro Indigenous Territory, created in 1998.