Machadinho d'Oeste
Flag of Machadinho d'Oeste
Flag
Official seal of Machadinho d'Oeste
Seal
Motto: 
Machadinho d'Oeste a cidade que cresce!
within Rondonia State
within Rondonia State
Coordinates: 9°25′31″S 61°59′51″W / 9.42528°S 61.99750°W / -9.42528; -61.99750
CountryBrazil
StateRondonia
MunicipalityMachadinho d'Oeste
Government
 • PrefectMario Alves (PV)
Area
 • Total8,509.274 km2 (3,285.449 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total40,867
 • Density4.8/km2 (12/sq mi)
Demonymmachadinhense-d'oeste
Time zoneUTC−4 (AMT)

Machadinho d'Oeste is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. Its population was 40,867 (2020) and its area is 8,509 km².[2]

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 also contains 13% of the Campos Amazônicos National Park, a 961,318 hectares (2,375,470 acres) protected area created in 2006 that protects an unusual enclave of cerrado vegetation in the Amazon rainforest.[4]

The municipality contains 78% of the Angelim Extractive Reserve and 79% of the Ipê Extractive Reserve.[5][6] It also contains the Castanheira, Freijó, Garrote, Itaúba, Jatobá, Maracatiara, Massaranduba, Mogno, Piquiá, Roxinho and Sucupira extractive reserves. [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

References

  1. ↑ IBGE 2020
  2. ↑ IBGE -
  3. ↑ Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Biológica do Jaru (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-04-27
  4. ↑ PARNA dos Campos Amazônicos (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-03
  5. ↑ RESEX Angelim (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-30
  6. ↑
    • RESEX Ipê (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-31
  7. ↑ RESEX Castanheira (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-30
  8. ↑ RESEX Freijó (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-31
  9. ↑ RESEX Garrote (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-31
  10. ↑ RESEX Itaúba (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-31
  11. ↑ RESEX Jatobá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-31
  12. ↑ RESEX Maracatiara (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-31
  13. ↑ RESEX Massaranduba (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-30
  14. ↑ RESEX Mogno (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-31
  15. ↑ RESEX Piquiá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-31
  16. ↑ RESEX Roxinho (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-31
  17. ↑ RESEX Sucupira (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-31
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