Anapurus
Anapurus | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
  Anapurus Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 3°40′19″S 43°06′57″W / 3.67194°S 43.1158°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Nordeste |
| State | Maranhão |
| Mesoregion | Leste Maranhense |
| Population (2020 [1]) | |
• Total | 15,894 |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
Anapurus is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil.[2][3][4][5]
In February 2012, debris from an Ariane 4 rocket, originally launched in 1997, fell out of orbit and landed in Anapurus.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ IBGE 2020
- ↑ "Divisão Territorial do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ↑ "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ↑ "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ↑ "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ↑ Debi Shoots (April 2012). "French Launch Vehicle Debris Lands in Brazil" (PDF). Orbital Debris Quarterly News, Volume 16, Issue 2. NASA Orbital Debris Program Office, Johnson Space Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
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