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Machadinho d'Oeste is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. Its population was 40,867 (2020) and its area is 8,509 km².[2]
Machadinho d'Oeste | |
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 Flag  Seal | |
| Motto: Machadinho d'Oeste a cidade que cresce! | |
 within Rondonia State | |
| Coordinates: 9°25′31″S 61°59′51″W / 9.42528°S 61.99750°W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| State | Rondonia |
| Municipality | Machadinho d'Oeste |
| Government | |
| • Prefect | Mario Alves (PV) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8,509.274 km2 (3,285.449 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 [1]) | |
| • Total | 40,867 |
| • Density | 4.8/km2 (12/sq mi) |
| Demonym | machadinhense-d'oeste |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AMT) |
The municipality contains part of the 346,861 hectares (857,110 acres) Jaru Biological Reserve, a fully protected conservation unit created in 1984.[3] It also contains 13% of the Campos Amazônicos National Park, a 961,318 hectares (2,375,470 acres) protected area created in 2006 that protects an unusual enclave of cerrado vegetation in the Amazon rainforest.[4]
The municipality contains 78% of the Angelim Extractive Reserve and 79% of the Ipê Extractive Reserve.[5][6] It also contains the Castanheira, Freijó, Garrote, Itaúba, Jatobá, Maracatiara, Massaranduba, Mogno, Piquiá, Roxinho and Sucupira extractive reserves. [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
References
edit- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ IBGE - [1]
- ^ Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Biológica do Jaru (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-04-27
- ^ PARNA dos Campos Amazônicos (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-03
- ^ RESEX Angelim (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-30
- ^ *RESEX Ipê (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-31
- ^ RESEX Castanheira (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-30
- ^ RESEX Freijó (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-31
- ^ RESEX Garrote (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-31
- ^ RESEX Itaúba (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-31
- ^ RESEX Jatobá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-31
- ^ RESEX Maracatiara (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-31
- ^ RESEX Massaranduba (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-30
- ^ RESEX Mogno (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-31
- ^ RESEX Piquiá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-31
- ^ RESEX Roxinho (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-31
- ^ RESEX Sucupira (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-31
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