Editing Amapá (section)

==Demographics==
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{{bar percent|[[Pardo]] ([[Multiracial#Brazil|Multiracial]])|#009000|65.3}}
{{bar percent|[[White Brazilian|White]]|blue|21.4}}
{{bar percent|[[Black Brazilian|Black]]|#9955BB|11.8}}
{{bar percent|[[Indigenous peoples in Brazil|Amerindian]]|red|1.4}}
{{bar percent|[[Asian Brazilian|Asian]]|yellow|0.1}}
}}{{Historical populations|21=1950|22=37477|23=1960|24=68889|25=1970|26=116480|27=1980|28=180078|29=1991|30=288690|31=2000|32=477032|33=2010|34=669526|35=2022|36=733759|percentages=|footnote=Source:<ref name="census2022"/>}}According to the [[2022 Brazilian census|2022 census]], there were 733,759 people residing in the state, with a population density of 5.1/km<sup>2</sup>. The population of Amapá is highly urbanized, with 93.7% of the population residing primarily in Macapá and [[Santana, Amapá|Santana]].<ref name="a" /> [[Population growth]]: 5.7% (1991–2000); [[House]]s: 144,000 (2006).

During the 2022 census, 65.3% identified as [[Pardo Brazilian|Pardo]] (multiracial), 21.4% as [[White Brazilians]], 11.8% as [[Black Brazilians]] and 1.4% as [[Indigenous people in Brazil|Indigenous]]. The remaining 0.1% are [[Asian Brazilians|Asians]] and undeclared.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://censo2022.ibge.gov.br/panorama/|title=Panorama do Censo 2022|website=Panorama do Censo 2022}}</ref>

The majority of the residents of Amapá live in poverty. According to the [[Fundação Getulio Vargas]] (FGV) 36.56% of the population live on only R$79 per month, which the foundation considers below a decent standard of living.<ref name="p"/>

=== Religion ===

According to data obtained by the IBGE in the 2010 Brazilian Census, 64% of Amapá residents were Roman Catholics, 28% were Evangelicals (Protestants) and 6% did not profess any religion. The other faiths added together formed 2% of the population.<ref> «Pesquisa». IBGE. 2010. Consultado em 30 de setembro de 2021 </ref>

The Catholic Church comprises the Diocese of Macapá (1949) a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Belém de Pará, under Bishop Pedro José Conti (2004) with 27 parishes.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dmaca.html | title=Macapá (Diocese) &#91;Catholic-Hierarchy&#93; }}</ref>

=== Municipalities ===
It is divided into 16 municipalities.
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|country     = Amapá
|stat_ref    = (2010 census by the [[Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics]])<ref name="IBGE_Pop_2011">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2011/POP2011_DOU.pdf|title=Estimativas da população residente nos municípios brasileiros com data de referência em 1º de julho de 2011|trans-title=Estimates of the Resident Population of Brazilian Municipalities as of July 1, 2011|date=30 August 2011|publisher=[[Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics]]|access-date=31 August 2011|language=pt}}</ref>
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|city_1 = Macapá
|div_1  = Mesoregion of Sul do Amapá{{!}}Sul
|pop_1  = 407,023
|img_1  = Noite em Macapá AP.jpg

|city_2 = Santana, Amapá{{!}}Santana
|div_2  = Mesoregion of Sul do Amapá{{!}}Sul
|pop_2  = 102,860
|img_2  = Porto de Santana, Amapá.jpg

|city_3 = Laranjal do Jari
|div_3  = Mesoregion of Sul do Amapá{{!}}Sul
|pop_3  = 40,819
|img_3  = Parque Laranjal do Jari.JPG

|city_4 = Oiapoque
|div_4  = Mesoregion of Norte do Amapá{{!}}Norte
|pop_4  = 21,094
|img_4  = Oiapoque2.jpg

|city_5 = Mazagão
|div_5  = Mesoregion of Sul do Amapá{{!}}Sul
|pop_5  = 17,419
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|city_6 = Porto Grande
|div_6  = Mesoregion of Sul do Amapá{{!}}Sul
|pop_6  = 17,252
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|city_7 = Tartarugalzinho
|div_7  = Mesoregion of Norte do Amapá{{!}}Norte
|pop_7  = 12,981
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|city_8 = Vitória do Jari
|div_8  = Mesoregion of Sul do Amapá{{!}}Sul
|pop_8  = 12,725
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|city_9 = Pedra Branca do Amapari
|div_9  = Mesoregion of Sul do Amapá{{!}}Sul
|pop_9  = 11,291
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|city_10 = Calçoene
|div_10  = Mesoregion of Norte do Amapá{{!}}Norte
|pop_10  = 9,174
|img_10  =

|city_11 = Amapá (city){{!}}Amapá
|div_11  = Mesoregion of Norte do Amapá{{!}}Norte
|pop_11  = 8,142
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|city_12 = Ferreira Gomes
|div_12  = Mesoregion of Sul do Amapá{{!}}Sul
|pop_12  = 5,974
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|city_13 = Cutias
|div_13  = Mesoregion of Sul do Amapá{{!}}Sul
|pop_13  = 4,805
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|city_14 = Serra do Navio
|div_14  = Mesoregion of Sul do Amapá{{!}}Sul
|pop_14  = 4,463
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|city_15 = Itaubal
|div_15  = Mesoregion of Sul do Amapá{{!}}Sul
|pop_15  = 4,370
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|city_16 = Pracuuba
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|pop_16  = 3,909
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=== Indigenous population ===
[[File:Dia do Índio no Manga Amapá Brazil.jpg|thumb|Celebration of [[Indian Day (Brazil)|Indian Day]] in [[Manga, Amapá|Manga]]]]
The [[Amerindians]] tribes in Amapá are located in the north near the [[Oiapoque River]], and in the east in the Wayampi Indigenous Territory. All the [[Indigenous territories (Brazil)|indigenous territories]] in Amapá have been demarcated. The tribes living in Amapá are the [[Galibi do Oiapoque]], the [[Karipuna do Amapá]], the [[Palikur]], the [[Wayampi]] and the [[Galibi Marwono]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://terrasindigenas.org.br/pt-br/noticia/60143 |title=Índios do Amapá|website=Terras Indigenas|access-date=6 April 2021|language=pt}}</ref>

The region around the [[Amazon River]] used to support a large population of Amerindians during the [[pre-Columbian]] era.<ref>{{cite book|url= |author=Charles R. Clement|title=The domestication of Amazonia before European conquest|year=2015|publisher=The Royal Society Publishing |chapter=4|journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences|volume=282|issue=1812|doi=10.1098/rspb.2015.0813|pmid=26202998|pmc=4528512}}</ref> The policy of the Portuguese monarchy was to engage in war in order to clear them from the land.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://read.dukeupress.edu/ethnohistory/article/65/4/537/135684/Rethinking-Amerindian-Spaces-in-Brazilian-History |author= Mark Harris and Silvia Espelt-Bombin |title=Rethinking Amerindian Spaces in Brazilian History|year=2018| journal=Ethnohistory|volume=65 |issue= 4 |pages= 537–547 |doi=10.1215/00141801-6991187|doi-access=free|hdl=10023/16408|hdl-access=free}}</ref> The [[Cabanagem]] Revolt in the 1830s, resulted in the final dispersal of the Amerindians along the Amazon.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Anonby |first1=Stan|year=2007|title=A report on the creoles of Amapá |journal=Journal of Language Survey Reports|url=https://www.sil.org/resources/archives/9041 |page=7}}</ref>

===Education===
[[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] is the official national language, and thus the primary language taught in schools. [[French language|French]] is the second language taught in every school due to the proximity of [[French Guiana]]. A Creole language called [[Lanc-Patuá creole|Lanc-Patuá]] is spoken among some of the people.

====Educational institutions====
* [[Universidade Federal do Amapá]] (Unifap) (Federal University of Amapá)
* Universidade Estadual do Amapá (UEAP) (Amapá State University)
* Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Amapá (IFAP) (Amapá Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology)
* Centro de Ensino Superior do Amapá (Ceap)
* Instituto de Ensino Superior do Amapá (Iesap)
* Instituto Macapaense de Ensino Superior (IMMES)
* Faculdade Seama (Seama College)