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Assis Brasil

Assis Brasil

Place in Acre, Brazil

Assis Brasil (Portuguese pronunciation: [aˈsiz bɾaˈziw]) is a municipality located in the south of the Brazilian state of Acre. Its population is 7,534 (2020 est) and its area is 4,974 square kilometres (1,920 sq mi).

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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]

It is located near the Brazil–Peru Integration Bridge.

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

  1. [1]
    Unidade de Conservação: Estação Ecológica Rio Acre (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-04-23
  2. [2]
    Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Extrativista Chico Mendes (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-04
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