Carauari


Carauari is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 28,508 and its area is 25,767 km2.
The city is served by Carauari Airport.

Geography

The town is in the Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoregion.
The municipality contains about 5% of the Tefé National Forest, created in 1989.
The municipality contains Médio Juruá Extractive Reserve, created in 1997, on the left bank of the meandering Juruá River.
It also contains the Uacari Sustainable Development Reserve, created in 2005.

Climate

Carauari has a tropical rainforest climate with unpleasantly hot and humid weather year-round. Rainfall is significant throughout, although the period from June to August is drier than the remainder of the year.