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The Chapada Limpa Extractive Reserve is an extractive reserve in the state of Maranhão, Brazil.LocationThe Chapada Limpa Extractive Reserve is in the municipality of Chapadinha, Maranhão. It has an area of. The reserve is in the Chapadinha (Alto Munim) microregion of the Leste Maranhense mesoregion, on the frontier of soybean monoculture in the state. It is in the Munim River basin and is drained by tributaries of the Iguará, Mocambo and Preto rivers and various intermittent streams. The terrain contains areas of plateau and slopes, with remains of caatinga and many swamps and waterways. It has species typical of the cerrado, the Amazon and the caatinga biome.EconomyThe reserve contains the traditional communities of Chapada Limpa I, Chapada Limpa II, Califórnia, Juçaral, Mata, Morada Nova, Porco Magro, Prata, Quatro Bocas, Roça Velha, Saco, Santana, São Gabriel, São Martins and Severo. In 2016 the Ministry of the Environment said there were 116 registered families with 531 people organized into five neighbourhood associations. The population density was 4.43 inhabitants per km². Residents in the lower parts of the reserve extract babassu for income, and use the juçara, buriti and bacaba palms typical of the wetland environment for family use. They also practice subsistence agriculture, growing rice, beans and corn.