Santo Antônio do Içá

Santo Antônio do Içá is a community and a municipality in the state of Amazonas near the Colombian border in Brazil. The population is 21,243 (2020 est.)[1] in an area of 12,307 km2.[2] The municipality was created in 1955 out of São Paulo de Olivença. The city is served by Ipiranga Airport.

Santo Antônio do Içá
View from the ship F/B Vitória Régia in 2024
View from the ship F/B Vitória Régia in 2024
Flag of Santo Antônio do Içá
Location in Amazonas  state
Location in Amazonas state
Santo Antônio do Içá is located in Brazil
Santo Antônio do Içá
Santo Antônio do Içá
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 3°6′7″S 67°56′24″W / 3.10194°S 67.94000°W / -3.10194; -67.94000
CountryBrazil
RegionNorth
StateAmazonas
MicroregionAlto Solimões
Area
  Total
12,307 km2 (4,752 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
21,243
  Density1.7261/km2 (4.4706/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−4 (AMT)
Postal code
69680-xxx
Area code+55 97

The municipality contains the 15,000-hectare (37,000-acre) Javari-Buriti Area of Relevant Ecological Interest, created in 1985.[3] It contains parts of the Jutaí-Solimões Ecological Station.[4]

References

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  1. IBGE 2020
  2. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
  3. ARIE Javari-Buriti (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-10-19{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  4. Unidade de Conservação: Estação Ecológica de Jutaí-Solimões (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-04{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
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