Amapá State has a retention rate of 96 % of its territory, and all its Indian land boundaries are clearly marked. The Amazon rainforest covers about 80% of the state, which owns the largest national park in the world "Park Tumucumaque Mountain Range, with 3.8 million hectares.
Amapá looking through sustainable development and environmental protection programs.
On agriculture, the region's strength is the production of subsistence crops, particularly cassava, rice, corn and beans, as well as bananas.
The State of Amapá was once owned by a man, a Portuguese citizen named Bento Maciel Parente, who was given the area the Portuguese crown in 1637. For years, the region was coveted by many countries in the early 18th century it was invaded by British and Dutch and supported by France, which in 1713 accepted the Brazilian possession through the Treaty of Utrecht. The raid on the region has continued, however, and so the Portuguese have decided to create the Fortress of San José de Macapá.
development in the region, began with the discovery of gold in its forest streams that once again raised greedy intentions of France, the French leaders groped to regain control of the territory in 1895.
This new dispute would only come to an end in 900, when the Commission confirmed in Geneva has given Brazil the right to possession. That same year, Amapá was incorporated as a territory of the State of Pará, where it would separate in 1945. But it would only gain autonomy as a state after the 1988 Constitution, which marks the return of the Brazilian process.
Characteristics
Capital: Macapá
Population: 577 million
Area: 142,814.60 km2
Climate: Equatorial with average temperatures ranging between 26 and 32 ° C
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