Vale do Anari
 | You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Portuguese. (August 2012) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Vale do Anari | |
|---|---|
 Flag  Seal | |
 within Rondonia State | |
| Coordinates: 9°51′27″S 62°10′29″W / 9.85750°S 62.17472°W | |
| Area | |
| • Land | 3,135.141 km2 (1,210.485 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 140 m (460 ft) |
| Population (2020 [1]) | |
| • Total | 11,377 |
| Demonym | anariense |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AMT) |
Vale do Anari is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. Its population was 11,377 (2020) and its area is 3,135 km².[2]
History[edit]
The municipality was instated by law n°572 (22 June 1994), signed by governor Oswaldo Piana Filho, with its area taken from Machadinho d'Oeste municipality.
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 contains the 537 hectares (1,330 acres) Seringueira Extractive Reserve, one of a number of small sustainable use units in the region whose primary product is rubber.[4] The municipality also contains the Aquariquara Extractive Reserve, also created in 1995.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ IBGE - [1]
- ^ Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Biológica do Jaru (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 27 April 2016
- ^ RESEX Seringueira (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 7 June 2016
- ^ RESEX Aquariquara (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 30 August 2016
 | This Rondônia, Brazil location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |