State Pará Time zone UTC -3 | Region Northern Mesoregion Sudoeste Paraense Area 38,162 km² | |
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Novo Progresso is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil.
Map of Novo Progresso - State of Par%C3%A1, Brazil
The city is served by Novo Progresso Airport
The municipality contains part of the 342,192 hectares (845,570 acres) Nascentes da Serra do Cachimbo Biological Reserve, a strictly protected conservation unit established in 2005. It also contains part of the 538,151 hectares (1,329,800 acres) Rio Novo National Park, a conservation unit created in 2006. In contains the 1,301,683 hectares (3,216,530 acres) Jamanxim National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2006 in which uncontrolled clearance of the Amazon rainforest was proceeding at a rapid pace.
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