Aripuanã

Aripuanã is a municipality in the state of Mato Grosso in the Central-West Region of Brazil. It is located on the banks of the Aripuanã River.

Aripuanã
Municipality
Flag Seal
Location in Mato Grosso
Country	Brazil
Region	Center-West
State	Mato Grosso
Mesoregion	Norte Mato-Grossense
Established	1943
Area [1]
• Total	96.714 sq mi (250.489 km^2)
Elevation	344 ft (105 m)
Population  (2020 [2])
• Total	22,714
• Density	190/sq mi (74/km^2)
Time zone	UTC -3

The city is served by Aripuanã Airport.

The municipality contains the 8,517 hectares (21,050 acres) Rio Flor do Prado Ecological Station, a fully protected environmental unit created in 2003.[3] It also holds part of the 164,224 hectares (405,810 acres) Guariba-Roosevelt Extractive Reserve, a sustainable use unit created in 1996.[4]

References

1. IBGE (10 Oct 2002). "Área territorial oficial" (in Spanish). Resolução da Presidência do IBGE de n° 5 (R.PR-5/02). Retrieved 5 Dec 2010.
2. IBGE 2020
3. Blairo Borges Maggi (9 December 2003), Decreto 2.124 de 09 de Dezembro de 2003 (in Portuguese), retrieved 2016-06-05
4. RESEX Guariba-Roosevelt (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-07