Guajará-Mirim
Location
Guajará-Mirim lies along the Mamoré River, just across the Bolivian border town of Guayaramerín. It was once the southern terminus of the Estrada de Ferro Madeira-Mamoré (the Madeira-Mamoré Railway), which was inaugurated in 1912. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Guajará-Mirim.
Conservation
The municipality contains the 22,540 hectares (55,700 acres) Traçadal Biological Reserve, a strictly protected area that was created in 1990. It contains 2.33% of the 216,568 hectares (535,150 acres) Guajará-Mirim State Park, created in 1990. It contains the 46,438 hectares (114,750 acres) Rio Ouro Preto Biological Reserve, created in 1990. It contains 73.45% of the 204,632 hectares (505,660 acres) Rio Ouro Preto Extractive Reserve, also created in 1990. The municipality contains 47.5% of the 146,400 hectares (362,000 acres) Rio Cautário State Extractive Reserve, created in 1995. It contains the 73,818 hectares (182,410 acres) Rio Cautário Federal Extractive Reserve, created in 2001.
References
- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ IBGE - [1]
- ^ REBIO do Traçadal – ISA, Informações gerais.
- ^ PES de Guajará-Mirim – ISA, Informações gerais.
- ^ REBIO do Rio Ouro Preto – ISA, Informações gerais.
- ^ RESEX do Rio Ouro Preto – ISA, Informações gerais.
- ^ RESEX Rio Cautário (Estadual) – ISA.
- ^ RESEX do Rio Cautário – ISA, Informações gerais.
Sources
- PES de Guajará-Mirim (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-07-31
- REBIO do Rio Ouro Preto (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-07-31
- REBIO do Traçadal (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-05
- RESEX do Rio Cautário (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-14
- RESEX Rio Cautário (Estadual) (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-15
- RESEX do Rio Ouro Preto (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-07-31