Humaitá may refer to the following:
Places
- Humaitá, a town in the department of Ñeembucú, Paraguay
- Humaitá, Rio Grande do Sul, a town in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul
- Humaitá, Rio de Janeiro, a residential district in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Humaitá, Porto Alegre, a district in the town of Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Humaitá, Amazonas, a town in the Brazilian state of Amazonas
- Humaitá Airport, serving the Amazonas town
- Humaitã River, a river in southern Brazil.
Military
- Fortress of Humaitá, a strategic defence system in Paraguay, 1854–1868
- Passage of Humaitá, the 1868 naval operation during the Paraguayan War in which the fortress was bypassed by the Brazilian fleet
- Siege of Humaitá, the 1868 military operation during the Paraguayan War in which the fortress was taken
- Humaitá-class gunboat, a type of vessel used in the Chaco War by the Paraguayan Navy
- Several submarines of the Brazilian Navy have been named after the Passage
Animals
- Humaita antbird, a species of bird in the family Thamnophlidae.
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