Ceu do Mapia Village

Ceu do Mapia
—  Village  —
Ceu do Mapia Village
Nickname(s): "Mapia)
Ceu do Mapia Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 08°17′41″S 67°36′56″W / 8.29472°S 67.61556°W / -8.29472; -67.61556
Country	Brazil
Region	North
State	Amazonas
Founded	1983
Government
– Founder	Sebastião Mota de Melo
Area
– Total	2,500 km2 (965.3 sq mi)
Elevation	100 m (328 ft)
Population (2009)
– Total	700
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
– Summer (DST)	DST no longer used (UTC-4)
Postal Code	69860-000
Area code(s)	+55 97

Coordinates: 08°17′41″S 67°36′56″W / 8.29472°S 67.61556°W / -8.29472; -67.61556

The Village Céu do Mapiá, founded in 1983 by Sebastião Mota de Melo, is located in the headwaters of Igarapé Mapiá, 19 miles from the Purus River in Amazonian South Mesoregion, between the Purus microregion and Boca do Acre microregion on the City of Pauini. The village is located within the National Reserve of Inauini-Pauini - one of the most preserved areas of the western Brazilian Amazon. In 1990, with the approval of the community, the Brazilian government created by the Decree No. 96 190, of June 21, 1988^[1] the Purus National Forest on an area of 256,000 ha, and have the village of Céu do Mapiá as a kind of capital.

References

1. ^ Brasil. "Decreto No. 96 190, de 21 de Junho de 1988" (in portuguese). http://www6.senado.gov.br/legislacao/ListaPublicacoes.action?id=132129. Retrieved July 11, 2010. 

See also: Santo Daime

Coordinates: 08°17′41″S 67°36′56″W / 8.29472°S 67.61556°W / -8.29472; -67.61556