Anapu

Anapu
Municipality
View of Anapu
Flag Coat of arms
Location in Pará state
Anapu Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 03°28′20″S 51°11′52″W / 3.47222°S 51.19778°W / -3.47222; -51.19778
Country	Brazil
Region	North
State	Pará
Area
• Total	11,895 km2 (4,593 sq mi)
Population  (2020 [1])
• Total	28,607
• Density	2.4/km2 (6.2/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)

Anapu is a city in Pará, Brazil. Its population in 2020 was 28,607 inhabitants. The territorial area of Anapu is 11,895 km².^[2]

Anapu's rain forests are subject to massive clearcutting.

Anapu attracted international attention on February 12, 2005, when the American-born, naturalized Brazilian citizen Sister Dorothy Stang—member of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, and advocate for the rural poor of the Amazon Rainforest—was murdered there.