What is "amapa"

n. a state in northern Brazil, with the capital Macapá.

Amapá is a state located in the northern region of Brazil. It is the second least populous state and the eighteenth largest by area. Located in the far northern part of the country, Amapá is bordered clockwise by French Guiana to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Pará to the south and west, and Suriname to the northwest. The capital and largest city is Macapá.

In the colonial period the region was called Portuguese Guiana and was part of Portugal's State of Brazil. Later, the region was distinguished from the other Guianas. Amapá was once part of Pará, but became a separate territory in 1943, and a state in 1990.

The dominant feature of the region, and 90 percent of its total area, is the Amazon Rainforest. Unexplored forests occupy 70 percent of Amapá, and Tumucumaque National Park, established in 2002, is the largest tropical forest park in the world. The estuary of the River Oiapoque, once considered the northernmost point of Brazil, is along the Atlantic Ocean coast at the north of the state.

Amapa can refer to:

• Amapá is one of the states of Brazil.
  • Amapá (municipality), a municipality in that Brazilian state.
• Amapa, Nayarit, a town in the Mexican state of Nayarit.
• Amapa morada, common name for the tree Handroanthus impetiginosus, in the Bignoniaceae family, which ranges from northern Mexico to Argentina.
• Amapa, common name for the tree Parahancornia fasciculata, in the Apocynaceae family, from the Amazon Rainforest.

Amapá is a municipality located in the easternmost portion of the state of Amapá in Brazil. Its population is 7,745 and its area is .

The municipality is home to part of the Lago Piratuba Biological Reserve. It also contains the Maracá-Jipioca Ecological Station, which covers two very low-lying islands just off the coast with rich biodiversity. It contains 6.32% of the Amapá State Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit established in 2006. It contains 3.08% of the Amapá National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 1989.