Assis Brasil
Assis Brasil is a municipality located in the south of the Brazilian state of Acre. Its population is 5351 (as of 2007) and its area is 2,876 square kilometres (1,110 sq mi).
Assis Brasil | |
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Coordinates: 10°56′27″S 69°34′01″W | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Acre |
Government | |
• Mayor | Antonio Barbosa de Sousa (PSDB) |
Area | |
• Total | 2,876 km2 (1,110 sq mi) |
Population (2007) | |
• Total | 5,351 |
The municipality contains part of the Rio Acre Ecological Station.[1] It also contains part of the 931,537 hectares (2,301,880 acres) Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, a sustainable use environmental unit created in 1990.[2]
Name
The municipality was named after Joaquim Francisco de Assis Brasil, a diplomat who was involved in the transference of Acre from Bolivian to Brazilian control after the Acre War.
Towns and villages
- Abismo
- Assis Brasil - capital
- Maloca
- Reserva Extrema
- São Francisco, Acre
- Senegal, Acre
- Seringal Paraguacu
References
- Unidade de Conservação: Estação Ecológica Rio Acre (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-04-23
- Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Extrativista Chico Mendes (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-04
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