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6 unusual facts about Amapa


Amapa

Amapa, Amapa morada: common name for the tree Tabebuia impetiginosa, which ranges from northern Mexico to Argentina.

Amapá

With the discovery of gold and the increasing value of rubber on the international market during the 19th century, outsider population increased in Amapá and the territorial dispute with France was brought to a head.

Clube Atlético Aliança

Clube Atlético Aliança, commonly known as Aliança, is a Brazilian football club based in Santana, Amapá state.

Independente Esporte Clube

Independente Esporte Clube, commonly known as Independente, is a Brazilian football club based in Santana, Amapá state.

Saint-Georges, French Guiana

When the bridge is opened, it will be possible to drive uninterrupted from Cayenne to Macapá (on the Amazon River), the capital of the state of Amapá in Brazil.

Santana Esporte Clube

Santana Esporte Clube, commonly known as Santana, is a Brazilian football club based in Santana, Amapá state.


Eleutherine bulbosa

E. bulbosa grows in southern Mexico and in the Amazon rainforest, within the borders of Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana, in addition to the Brazilian states of Amapá and Acre.

Mazagão Atlético Clube

Mazagão Atlético Clube, commonly known as Mazagão, is a Brazilian football club based in Mazagão, Amapá state.

States of Brazil

In 1943, with the entrance of Brazil into the Second World War, the Vargas regime detached seven strategic territories from the border of the country in order to administer them directly: Amapá, Rio Branco, Acre, Guaporé, Ponta Porã, Iguaçu and the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha.

Minor changes were made to suit domestic politics (such as the Triângulo Mineiro from Goiás to Minas Gerais, the splitting of Paraná and ceding the south bank of the São Francisco River from Pernambuco to Bahia), as well as additions resulting from diplomatic settlement of territorial disputes by the end of the 19th century (Amapá, Roraima, Palmas).


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