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Novo Progresso | |
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Municipality | |
Country | Brazil |
Region | Northern |
State | Pará |
Mesoregion | Sudoeste Paraense |
Population (2020 [1]) | |
• Total | 25,766 |
Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
Novo Progresso is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil.[2][3][4][5]
The city is served by Novo Progresso Airport
The municipality contains part of the 342,192 hectares (845,570 acres) Nascentes da Serra do Cachimbo Biological Reserve, a strictly protected conservation unit established in 2005.[6] It also contains part of the 538,151 hectares (1,329,800 acres) Rio Novo National Park, a conservation unit created in 2006.[7] In contains the 1,301,683 hectares (3,216,530 acres) Jamanxim National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2006 in which uncontrolled clearance of the Amazon rainforest was proceeding at a rapid pace.[8]