Guajará-Mirim
Municipality
Flag of Guajará-Mirim
Flag
Coat of arms of Guajará-Mirim
Coat of arms
Location in Rondônia state
Location in Rondônia state
Guajará-Mirim is located in Brazil
Guajará-Mirim
Guajará-Mirim
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 10°46′58″S 65°20′22″W / 10.78278°S 65.33944°W / -10.78278; -65.33944
CountryBrazil
RegionNorth
StateRondônia
Area
 • Total24,856 km2 (9,597 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total46,556
 • Density1.9/km2 (4.9/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−4 (AMT)

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.[2]

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.[3] It contains 2.33% of the 216,568 hectares (535,150 acres) Guajará-Mirim State Park, created in 1990.[4] It contains the 46,438 hectares (114,750 acres) Rio Ouro Preto Biological Reserve, created in 1990.[5] It contains 73.45% of the 204,632 hectares (505,660 acres) Rio Ouro Preto Extractive Reserve, also created in 1990.[6] The municipality contains 47.5% of the 146,400 hectares (362,000 acres) Rio Cautário State Extractive Reserve, created in 1995.[7] It contains the 73,818 hectares (182,410 acres) Rio Cautário Federal Extractive Reserve, created in 2001.[8]

References

  1. ↑ IBGE 2020
  2. ↑ IBGE -
  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.

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
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