Uaçá River
river in Amapá, Brazil
Uaçá River is a river of Amapá state in Brazil. It is a tributary of the Oiapoque River.
The area is inhabited by the Galibi Marworno, also called the Uaçá Galibi. They are a mixture of Galibi who fled from French Guiana, and Aruã who fled from the island Marajó. In the 1930, the Indian Protection Service (SPI) founded the village Santa Maria dos Galibis (now called Kumarumã) for them on in island in the river.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Uaçá River” is river in Amapá, Brazil. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Uaçá, River and river, not as a finished interpretation.
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The phrase “river in Amapá, Brazil” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3432703. Authority coordinates are 4.217, -51.533. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1930.
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This entry incorporates text from “Uaçá River” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.