{{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ---------------->| official_name = Jacareacanga | other_name = | native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> | nickname = | settlement_type = Municipality | motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = Bandeira de Jacareacanga.jpg | flag_size = | image_shield = | image_map = Para Municip Jacareacanga.svg | mapsize = | map_caption = Location in Pará | pushpin_map = Brazil | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Brazil | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Brazil}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Northern | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = Pará | subdivision_type3 = Mesoregion | subdivision_name3 = Sudoeste Paraense | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = <!-- Politics -----------------> | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | established_title = <!-- Settled --> | established_date = <!-- Area ---------------------> | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = Imperial <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> <!-- Population ----------------------->| population_as_of = 2022 <ref>[https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/pa/jacareacanga/panorama IBGE 2022]</ref> | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 24042 | population_density_km2 = <!-- General information ---------------> | timezone = BRT | utc_offset = −3 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{coord|-6.2226|-57.7617|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> tags--> | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = <!-- accord. to Google Earth--> <!-- Area/postal codes & others -------->| postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> | postal_code = | area_code = | blank_name = | blank_info = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Jacareacanga''' is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil. It is at the very centre of South America.<ref name="IBGE_DTB_2008">{{cite web |url=https://geoftp.ibge.gov.br/organizacao_do_territorio/estrutura_territorial/divisao_territorial/2008/dtb_2008.zip |title=Divisão Territorial do Brasil |date=July 1, 2008 |publisher=Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) |access-date=December 17, 2009|language=pt}}</ref><ref name="IBGE_Pop_2009">{{cite web | url = http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf | title = Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009| publisher = Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) | date = August 14, 2009 | access-date=December 17, 2009 | format = PDF|language=pt }}</ref><ref name="PNUD_IDH_2000">{{cite web|url=http://www.pnud.org.br/atlas/ranking/IDH-M%2091%2000%20Ranking%20decrescente%20(pelos%20dados%20de%202000).htm |title=Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil |date=2000 |publisher=Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD) |access-date=December 17, 2009 |language=pt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003103229/http://www.pnud.org.br/atlas/ranking/IDH-M%2091%2000%20Ranking%20decrescente%20%28pelos%20dados%20de%202000%29.htm |archive-date=October 3, 2009 }}</ref><ref name="IBGE_PIB_2005">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/economia/pibmunicipios/2005/tab01.pdf |title=Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005 |date=December 19, 2007 |publisher=Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) |access-date=December 17, 2009 |language=pt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002024524/http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/economia/pibmunicipios/2005/tab01.pdf |archive-date=October 2, 2008 }}</ref>
==Conservation==
The municipality contains the {{convert|739,806|ha|adj=on}} Crepori National Forest, created in 2006.<ref>{{citation|language=pt|ref={{harvid|FLONA do Crepori – ISA}} |title=FLONA do Crepori|publisher=ISA: Instituto Socioambiental |url=https://uc.socioambiental.org/pt-br/uc/2241|access-date=2017-02-14}}</ref> It contains 14% of the {{convert|1988445|ha|adj=on}} Tapajós Environmental Protection Area, created in 2006.<ref>{{citation|language=pt|ref={{harvid|APA do Tapajós – ISA}} |title=APA do Tapajós|publisher=ISA: Instituto Socioambiental |url=https://uc.socioambiental.org/uc/6564|access-date=2017-02-11}}</ref> It contains part of the Amaná National Forest, a {{convert|539571|ha|adj=on}} sustainable use conservation unit created in 2006.<ref>{{citation|ref={{harvid|Unidade de Conservação ... MMA}}|language=pt |title=Unidade de Conservação: Floresta Nacional do Amaná|publisher=MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente |url=http://sistemas.mma.gov.br/cnuc/index.php?ido=relatorioparametrizado.exibeRelatorio&relatorioPadrao=true&idUc=271|access-date=2016-05-30}}</ref>
==Indigenous territories==
The municipality contains the {{convert|126000|ha|adj=on}} Sai Cinza Indigenous Territory, established in 1991.<ref>{{citation|language=pt|ref={{harvid|Terra Indígena Sai Cinza – ISA}} |title=Terra Indígena Sai Cinza|publisher=ISA: Instituto Socioambiental |url=https://terrasindigenas.org.br/es/terras-indigenas/3854|access-date=2017-02-14}}</ref> It contains part of the {{convert|2,382,000|ha|adj=on}} Mundurucu Indigenous Territory, established in 2004.<ref>{{citation|language=pt|ref={{harvid|Terra Indígena Mundurucu – ISA}} |title=Terra Indígena Mundurucu|publisher=ISA: Instituto Socioambiental |url=https://terrasindigenas.org.br/pt-br/terras-indigenas/3770|access-date=2017-02-14}}</ref> It would contain part of the reservoir of the proposed Chacorão Dam on the Tapajós, if approved.<ref>{{citation|language=pt|ref={{harvid|Usinas do Tapajós – Grupo de Estudo Tapajós}} |title=Usinas do Tapajós|publisher=Grupo de Estudo Tapajós |url=http://www.grupodeestudostapajos.com.br/complexo-tapajos/|access-date=2017-02-13}}</ref> However, as of 2010 Eletronorte had not applied for registration with the National Electricity Agency to start feasibility studies for the Chacorão hydroelectric power plant, since the dam would flood parts of the Mundurucu and Sai Cinza indigenous territories. A spokesman said that without a decree to regulate the constitution there was no way to undertake projects in indigenous territories.<ref>{{citation|language=pt|last=Couto|first=Fábio|publisher=Eletronorte|title=Usinas-plataforma: aposta no baixo impacto|date=7 May 2010|work=Canal Energia|url=http://www.eletronorte.gov.br/opencms/opencms/modulos/noticia/noticia_0479.html?uri=/modulos/home_noticias.html|access-date=2017-02-13|archive-date=2017-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214103001/http://www.eletronorte.gov.br/opencms/opencms/modulos/noticia/noticia_0479.html?uri=/modulos/home_noticias.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==See also== *List of municipalities in Pará
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