Itapiranga, Amazonas

Itapiranga is a municipality located in the state of Amazonas northern Brazil on the left bank of the Solimões River about 200 km east of Manaus.

[2] The name is of Indian origin, and was given to a quarry which has a port.

It comes from ita, stone and pitanga, red, so the name means "red stone".

The municipality contains about 40% of the 424,430 hectares (1,048,800 acres) Uatumã Sustainable Development Reserve, which protects the lower part of the Uatumã River basin.

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