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Atalaia do Norte
Municipality
The Municipality of Atalaia do Norte
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Nickname: "Pérola do Javari" (Javari's Pearl)
Location in the Estado do Amazonas
Atalaia do NorteLocation in Brazil
Coordinates: 04°22′19″S 70°11′31″W / 4.37194°S 70.19194°W / -4.37194; -70.19194
Country	Brazil
Region	Norte
State	Amazonas
Founded	December 19, 1955
Government
• Mayor	Nonato do Nascimento Tenazor (PDT)
Area
• Total	76,355 km (29,481 sq mi)
Elevation	65 m (213 ft)
Population
• Total	20,398
• Density	0.17/km (0.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−5 (ACT)
HDI (2000)	0.559 – medium

Atalaia do Norte is the most western municipality in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. As of 2020, its population was 20,398 and its area is 76,355 km, thus making it the third largest municipality in Amazonas and the seventh largest in Brazil.

Geography

The area of this municipality includes the Vale do Javari, an indigenous reserve which is inhabited until the present day by isolated Indians also called "arrow peoples", indigenous ethnic groups that have had little or no contact with modernity. The town is at the start of the Itaquai River.

References

1. IBGE 2020
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2009-12-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) UNDP
3. IBGE - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2008-06-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. PHILLIPS, Tom (2011-06-22). "Uncontacted tribe found deep in Amazon rainforest". The Guardian UK. Retrieved 2020-05-08.

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Capital: Manaus
Mesoregion Centro Amazonense	Coari Anamã Anori Beruri Caapiranga Coari Codajás Itacoatiara Itacoatiara Itapiranga Nova Olinda do Norte Silves Urucurituba Manaus Autazes Careiro Careiro da Várzea Iranduba Manacapuru Manaquiri Manaus Parintins Barreirinha Boa Vista do Ramos Maués Nhamundá Parintins São Sebastião do Uatumã Urucará Rio Preto da Eva Presidente Figueiredo Rio Preto da Eva Tefe Alvarães Tefé Uarini
Mesoregion Norte Amazonense	Japura Japurá Maraã Rio Negro Barcelos Novo Airão Santa Isabel do Rio Negro São Gabriel da Cachoeira
Mesoregion Sudoeste Amazonense	Alto Solimoes Amaturá Atalaia do Norte Benjamin Constant Fonte Boa Jutaí Santo Antônio do Içá São Paulo de Olivença Tabatinga Tonantins Jurua Carauari Eirunepé Envira Guajará Ipixuna Itamarati Juruá
Mesoregion Sul Amazonense	Boca do Acre Boca do Acre Pauini Madeira Apuí Borba Humaitá Manicoré Novo Aripuanã Purus Canutama Lábrea Tapauá

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