Atalaia do Norte
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Atalaia do Norte
|settlement_type = Municipality
|official_name = The Municipality of Atalaia do Norte
|nickname = "Pérola do Javari" (Javari's Pearl)
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|image_skyline = Atalaia do Norte - Amazonas.jpg
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|image_flag = Atalaia do Norte - bandeira.png
|image_seal = Atalaia do Norte - brasão.jpg
|image_map = Amazonas Municip AtalaiadoNorte.jpg
|mapsize = 250px
|image_map1 =
|map_caption = Location in the Estado do Amazonas
|pushpin_map = Brazil
|pushpin_map_size = 250
|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Brazil
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_type1 = Region
|subdivision_type2 = State
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Brazil}}
|subdivision_name1 = Norte
|subdivision_name2 = Image:Bandeira do Amazonas.svg Amazonas
|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Nonato do Nascimento Tenazor (PDT)
|established_title = Founded
|established_date = December 19, 1955
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|area_total_km2 = 76355
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|population_as_of = 2020
|population_note = [https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/am/atalaia-do-norte/panorama IBGE 2020]
|population_total = 20,398
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|population_density_km2 = 0.17
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|timezone = ACT
|utc_offset = −5
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|coordinates = {{coord|04|22|19|S|70|11|31|W|region:BR|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_m = 65
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|website =
|blank_name = HDI (2000)
|blank_info = 0.559 – medium{{cite web|url=http://www.pnud.org.br/atlas/ranking/IDH-M%2091%2000%20Ranking%20decrescente%20(pelos%20dados%20de%202000).htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-12-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=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 |archivedate=2009-10-03 }} UNDP
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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 km2,IBGE - {{cite web|url=http://www.ibge.gov.br/cidadesat/default.php |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-06-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611095922/http://www.ibge.gov.br/cidadesat/default.php |archivedate=2008-06-11 }} 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 Amerindians also called "arrow peoples", indigenous ethnic groups that have had little or no contact with the rest of the world.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jun/22/new-tribe-discovered-amazon?INTCMP=SRCH |title=Uncontacted tribe found deep in Amazon rainforest |accessdate=2020-05-08 |publisher=The Guardian UK |last={{uc:Phillips}} |first=Tom |date=2011-06-22}} The town is located at the start of the Itaquai River.
References
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Category:Municipalities in Amazonas (Brazilian state)
Category:Populated places established in 1955
Category:1955 establishments in Brazil
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