Amazônia National Park

	Amazônia National Park IUCN Category II - National Park
location	Pará , Brazil
surface	10,662 km²
WDPA ID	55
Geographical location	4 ° 26 ′ S , 56 ° 50 ′ W Coordinates: 4 ° 26 ′ 22 " S , 56 ° 50 ′ 25" W
Setup date	1974

The Amazônia National Park is a protected area in Brazil . It was designated in 1974 and is 10,662 km² in size. The area is about halfway between Belém and Manaus along the Rio Tapajós . The BR-163 highway , one of the main arteries of the Amazon, begins between the Amazônia and Jamanxim national parks . The National Park Amazônia serves to protect the Brazilian Amazon - rainforest , which by the climate change and deforestation is threatened.

Web links

Instituto Socioambiental: Amazonia National Park (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Official Record for Parque Nacional Da Amazônia. In: Protected Planet. Retrieved September 30, 2016 .
↑ Amazonia National Park. In: Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved October 1, 2016 .
^ Driving along Brazil's Highway BR-163. WWF, May 15, 2007, accessed October 1, 2016 .
↑ The Brazilian Amazon. (PDF) WWF, 2015, accessed on October 1, 2016 (English).

[1] Official Record for Parque Nacional Da Amazônia. In: Protected Planet. Retrieved September 30, 2016 .

[2] Amazonia National Park. In: Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved October 1, 2016 .

[3] Driving along Brazil's Highway BR-163. WWF, May 15, 2007, accessed October 1, 2016 .

[4] The Brazilian Amazon. (PDF) WWF, 2015, accessed on October 1, 2016 (English).