Anapu

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| official_name = Anapu

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| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_shield = Brasao Anapu.png

| image_flag = Bandeira Anapu.png

| image_skyline = Cidade Anapu.jpg

| image_caption = View of Anapu

| image_map = Para Municip Anapu.svg

| map_caption = Location in Pará state

| pushpin_map = Brazil

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Brazil

| coordinates = {{coord|03|28|20|S|51|11|52|W|region:BR|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Brazil

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = North

| subdivision_type2 = State

| subdivision_name2 = Pará

| subdivision_type3 = Mesoregion

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| subdivision_type4 = Microregion

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| subdivision_type5 = Metrop. region

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| leader_title = Mayor

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| area_total_km2 = 11895

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| population_total = 28,607

| population_as_of = 2020 [https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/pa/anapu/panorama IBGE 2020]

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| population_density_km2 = auto

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| timezone1 = BRT

| utc_offset1 = −3

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Anapu is a city in Pará, Brazil. Its population in 2020 was 28,607 inhabitants. The territorial area of Anapu is 11,895 km2.{{Cite web|url=http://cidades.ibge.gov.br/xtras/perfil.php?codmun=150085|title=IBGE {{!}} Cidades {{!}} Pará {{!}} Anapu|website=cidades.ibge.gov.br|access-date=2016-05-19}}

Anapu's rain forests are subject to massive clearcutting.

Anapu attracted international attention on February 12, 2005, when the American-born, naturalized Brazilian citizen Sister Dorothy Stang—member of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, and advocate for the rural poor of the Amazon Rainforest—was murdered there.

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{{Municipalities of Pará}}

Category:Municipalities in Pará

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