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Amapá (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 01 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 1.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 052 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -52.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Bounded by Suriname & French Guiana, the Atlantic Ocean, Pará & the Amazon River; most of state is rain forest & is sparsely populated; main exports are woods, rubber, Brazil nuts & fish; oil was recently discovered on continental shelf. |
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| Amapá (preferred,C,V,Portuguese)
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| Amapá (Spanish)
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| Estado do Amapá (C,V,O)
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| BR03 (C,U,FIPS)
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| Estado de Amapá (C,U,Spanish)
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| Amapá, Território do (H,V)
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Amapá (state) (P) |
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Norte (region (geographic)) (P) |
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Amapá (state) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| state (preferred, C) |
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status raised from territory January 1, 1990 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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| jungle (C) |
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| territory (H) |
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created by a Brazilian territory decree in 1943 |
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