Ferreira Gomes

Ferreira Gomes (Portuguese pronunciation: [feˈʁejɾɐ ˈɡomis]) is a municipality located in the center of the state of Amapá in Brazil.

[2] The town began as the military headquarters of Pedro II and was founded by João Ferreira Gomes.

[3] The municipality contains 3.64% of the 2,369,400 hectares (5,855,000 acres) Amapá State Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit established in 2006.

[4] It also contains 44.07% of the 460,353 hectares (1,137,560 acres) Amapá National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 1989.

Originally it only supplied to cities of Macapá and Santana, but was later expanded for the whole region.

Road in Ferreira Gomes