Jutaí

Jutaí is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population is 13,886 (2020)^[2] and its area is 69,552 km²,^[3] making it the fifth largest municipality in Amazonas by area and the ninth largest in Brazil.

Jutaí
Municipality
Municipality of Jutaí
Jutaí as seen from a ship
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Nickname:  "
Motto:  Jutaí lidera a calha do Juruá (Jutaí leads the rain gutter of Jaruá [river])
Location of Jutaí in the State of Amazonas
Coordinates: 02°44′49″S 66°46′01″W
Country	Brazil
Region	North
State	Amazonas
Founded	1728
Government
• Mayor	Asclepiades Costa de Souza (PR)
Area
• Total	69,552 km2 (26,854 sq mi)
Elevation	70 m (230 ft)
Population  (2020)
• Total	13,886
• Density	026/km2 (70/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (DST no longer used)
Area code	+55 92
HDI (2000)	0.533 – medium[1]
Website	Manaus, Amazonas

Geography

The municipality is in the Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoregion.^[4] It contains parts of the Jutaí-Solimões Ecological Station.^[5] It contains the 275,533 hectares (680,860 acres) Rio Jutaí Extractive Reserve, created in 2002.^[6] The municipality contains the 2,450,380 hectares (6,055,000 acres) Cujubim Sustainable Development Reserve, established in 2003.^[7] This is the largest conservation unit in Amazonas and the largest sustainable development reserve in the world.^[8]