Santa Isabel do Rio Negro
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Santa Isabel do Rio Negro (Saint Isabel of Black River) is a municipality
located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 7,617 (2005) and its area is 62846 square kilometres (24,265 sq mi). The Municipality was formerly called Tapuruquara.
Pico da Neblina
, the highest mountain in Brazil at 2,994 metres (9,822 feet), is located in the municipality. However, the peak is 180 kilometres (111.8 mi) in a straight line from the urban seat of the municipality, inaccessible except through the Amazon rainforest
, and in both a national park
and a Yanomami reservation under federal control and with restricted access, so this is of little to no practical significance.
The city is served by Tapuruquara Airport
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Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 7,617 (2005) and its area is 62846 square kilometres (24,265 sq mi). The Municipality was formerly called Tapuruquara.
Pico da Neblina
Pico da Neblina
Pico da Neblina is the highest mountain in Brazil, above sea level, in the Serra do Imeri, a section of the Guiana Highlands on the Brazil–Venezuela border. As determined by a border survey expedition in 1962, its summit lies just within Brazilian territory, at a horizontal distance of only from...
, the highest mountain in Brazil at 2,994 metres (9,822 feet), is located in the municipality. However, the peak is 180 kilometres (111.8 mi) in a straight line from the urban seat of the municipality, inaccessible except through the Amazon rainforest
Amazon Rainforest
The Amazon Rainforest , also known in English as Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle, is a moist broadleaf forest that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America...
, and in both a national park
Pico da Neblina National Park
Pico da Neblina National Park is a national park in the north of Brazil, bordering on Venezuela. The latter country also has an adjoining national park, called Neblina as well. The Brazilian national park was created in 1979, and it is one of the country's largest national parks, with...
and a Yanomami reservation under federal control and with restricted access, so this is of little to no practical significance.
The city is served by Tapuruquara Airport
Tapuruquara Airport
Tapuruquara Airport is the airport serving Santa Isabel do Rio Negro, Brazil. The name Tapuruquara is the original name of the Municipality, which the airport officially retained.-Airlines and destinations:-Access:...
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