Maçambará is a small Brazilian municipality in the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The population is 4,562 (2020 est.) in an area of 1,682.82 km2.[2] Its elevation is 110 m. It is located west of the state capital of Porto Alegre and northeast of Alegrete.
Maçambará | |
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 Map of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil highlighting Maçambará | |
| Coordinates: 29°8′34″S 56°3′54″W / 29.14278°S 56.06500°W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | South |
| State | Rio Grande do Sul |
| Micro-region | Campanha Ocidental |
| Founded | October 22, 1997 |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,682.82 km2 (649.74 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 [1]) | |
• Total | 4,562 |
| • Density | 2.7/km2 (7.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| Postal code | 97560-xxx |
| Distance from the capital | 590 km (370 mi) |
| Website | macambara.rs.gov.br |
The municipality contains part of the 4,392 hectares (10,850 acres) São Donato Biological Reserve, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 1975 that protects an area of wetlands on the Butuí River, a tributary of the Uruguay River.[3]
Neighbouring municipalities
editReferences
edit- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
- ^ Inaugurado em São Borja Escritório da Reserva Biológica do São Donato (in Portuguese), Secretaria do Ambiente e Desenvolvimento Sustentável do Rio Grande do Sul, 27 May 2002, archived from the original on 4 May 2016, retrieved 2016-04-19
External links
edit- http://www.citybrazil.com.br/rs/macambara/ (in Portuguese)
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