Tabatinga

For another city, see Tabatinga, São Paulo. For the beetle, see Tabatinga x-littera.

Tabatinga
Municipality
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Location of the municipality inside Amazonas
Tabatinga Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 4°15′9″S 69°56′17″W
Country	Brazil
Region	North
State	Amazonas
Founded	July 28, 1866 (Limits committee - Department of state of the Brazil) February 1, 1983 (Official foundation)
Government
• Mayor	Saul Nunes Bemerguy (Social Democratic Party)
Area
• Total	3,225.064 km2 (1,245.204 sq mi)
Elevation	60 m (200 ft)
Population  (2020)
• Total	67,182
Time zone	UTC−5 (ACT)

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Tabatinga, originally Forte de São Francisco Xavier de Tabatinga, is a municipality in the Três Fronteiras area of Western Amazonas. It is in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 67,182 (2020) and its area is 3,225 km².

Together with the neighbouring Colombian city of Leticia and the Peruvian city of Santa Rosa de Yavari, the urban area has more than 100,000 residents spread along the Amazon River. The first Portuguese settlement in the area was founded in the 18th century as a military outpost. It became an autonomous municipality on February 1, 1983. Formerly, it was part of the municipality of Benjamin Constant. The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Alto Solimões. Tabatinga is the closest Brazilian city to Ecuador.