Pauini
Municipality of Amazonas, Brazil
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Pauini is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas.
The population of Pauini was 19,522 in 2020.[1] Its area is 43,263 square kilometres (16,704 sq mi).[2] The municipality contains the 256,000-hectare (630,000-acre) Purus National Forest, created in 1988.[3] It holds 8% of the 311,000-hectare (770,000-acre) Mapiá-Inauini National Forest, created in 1989.[4] It also contains 8% of the 604,209-hectare (1,493,030-acre) Médio Purus Extractive Reserve, created in 2008.[5]