Amapá Yana ɗaya daga cikin jihohin Brazil, wanda yake a cikin arewacin arewa, yana iyaka da Guyana da Suriname na Faransa, zuwa arewa. Daga gabas akwai Tekun Atlantika, kuma daga kudu da yamma akwai jihar Pará ta Brazil.
Yankin Kogin Oiapoque, wanda a da ake ganin shi ne arewacin arewacin Brazil, yana a ƙarshen arewacin ƙasan Brazil. Babban fasalin yankin - kashi 90 cikin ɗari na jimlar yankin - shine gandun dajin Amazon.
Akwai dazuzzuka da ba a gano su ba wadanda ke mamaye kashi 70 na yankunanta. Ana iya isa babban birnin jihar kuma mafi girma, garin Macapá ta jirgin ruwa ko jirgin sama.
Historia
A lokacin mulkin mallaka, 1637-1654, lokacin da ta hade da Captaincy of Para, wannan shine Captaincy na Arewacin Cape, kuma Ingilishi da Dutch sun mamaye yankin, sai Turawan Portugal suka fatattake su.
Yarjejeniyar Utrecht a cikin 1713 ta kafa iyakoki tsakanin mulkin mallaka na Brazil da Guiana na Faransa, amma Faransanci bai girmama su ba. A cikin karni na 18, Faransa ta sake mallakar yankin. Wannan rikicin ya ci gaba har zuwa 1900.
Tare da gano zinare da ƙarin darajar roba a kasuwar ƙasa da ƙasa yayin ƙarni na 19, yawan baƙi ya karu a Amapá kuma an kawo rikicin yanki da Faransa.
A ranar 1 ga Disamba, 1900, Kwamitin sasantawa na Geneva ya ba da izinin mallakar yankin na Brazil, wanda ya sanya shi a cikin jihar Pará, tare da babban suna na Araguari (wanda aka sanya wa sunan kogin mai wannan sunan). Ya zama yankin tarayya na Amapá a 1943.
Gano arzikin manganese a cikin Serra do Navio a cikin 1945 ya kawo sauyi ga tattalin arzikin yankin. Amapá bai cimma nasarar zama ƙasa ba har sai 5 ga Oktoba, 1988 a lokacin da aka gabatar da sabon Tsarin Mulkin Brazil.
Mafi yawan yankin Amapá an lullubesu da dazuzzuka na wurare masu zafi, yayin da sauran wuraren an rufe su da ciyawar ruwa da filaye.
A gefen tekun Amapá, kusan rairayin bakin teku masu haɗe tare da fadama, suna haifar da mafi girman wakilcin wannan kwayar halittar a Brazil. Wannan cakuda gishiri da ruwa mai kyau cikakke ne don haihuwar sarkar abinci ga nau'in dabbobi.