Tepequém[2] is a remote and sparsely populated (2010)[1] village in eastern Amajari, Roraima, Brazil. Diamonds were discovered near the village in the 1930s.[3][4] The village can be reached by road from the RR-203. The economy is based on tourism.[2]
Tepequém | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Serro de Tepequém | |
  Tepequém Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 3°48′10″N 61°44′29″W / 3.80278°N 61.74139°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| State |  Roraima |
| Municipality |  Amajari |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 116 |
Serro de Tepequém (Tepequém Mountain Range)
editThe village of Tepequém is surrounded by Serro de Tepequém. Serro de Tepequém is a tepui about 1,100 metres above sea level at its plateau, its highest point.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) (16 November 2011). "Sinopse por setores". Retrieved 4 April 2021.
- ^ a b "REFORÇO NO TURISMO Governador assina ordem de serviço para recuperação da estrada do Tepequém". Government of Roraima (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ "Brazilian Diamonds: A Historical and Recent Perspective". Gemological Institute of America. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ Alexandre Magno Alves Diniz and Elisângela Gonçalves Lacerda (2014). "The Colonization of Roraima State, Brazil: an Analysis of its Major Migration Flows (1970 to 2010)". Espace Populations Sociétés (2014/2–3): 9. doi:10.4000/eps.5817.
- ^ Antoine Fouquet (2015). "Two new endangered species of Anomaloglossus (Anura: Aromobatidae) from Roraima State, Northern Brazil". Zootaxa. 3926 (2): 192. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3926.2.2. PMID 25781778.