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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Guajará-Mirim

Guajará-Mirim is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. It is located at an altitude of 128 meters. Its population was 46,556 (2020) and its area is 24,856 km².

Geography

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.

Consular representation

Bolivia has a Consulate in Guajará-mirim.

See also

References

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ IBGE - [1]
  3. ^ REBIO do Traçadal – ISA, Informações gerais.
  4. ^ PES de Guajará-Mirim – ISA, Informações gerais.
  5. ^ REBIO do Rio Ouro Preto – ISA, Informações gerais.
  6. ^ RESEX do Rio Ouro Preto – ISA, Informações gerais.
  7. ^ RESEX Rio Cautário (Estadual) – ISA.
  8. ^ RESEX do Rio Cautário – ISA, Informações gerais.
  9. ^ "Representación de Bolivia en el exterior". Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2024.

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