Japurá
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Japurá is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 13,026 (2005) and its area is 55,791 km². It forms the Japurá microregion
together with the municipality Maraã
(to the east of the Japurá municipality). The southern border of both the municipality and the microregion is the Japurá River
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Microregion (Brazil)
Microregions are legally defined administrative areas in Brazil consisting of groups of municipalities bordering urban areas. Microregions are grouped together into mesoregions....
together with the municipality Maraã
Maraã
Maraã is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 20,254 and its area is 16,910 km². Together with the municipality Japurá it forms the microregion Japurá....
(to the east of the Japurá municipality). The southern border of both the municipality and the microregion is the Japurá River
Japurá River
The Japurá River or Caquetá River is a river about long rising as the Caquetá River in the Andes in the Southwest of Colombia. It flows southeast into Brazil, where it is called the Japurá. The Japurá enters the Amazon River through a network of channels...
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