Acrelândia

Município de Acrelândia "Princesinha de Acre" Acrelândia
Acrelândia
Coordinates	9 ° 50 ′  S , 66 ° 53 ′  W Coordinates: 9 ° 50 ′  S , 66 ° 53 ′  W
Location of Acrelândia in the state of Acre
founding	April 28, 1992
Basic data
Country	Brazil
State	acre
Região intermediária	Rio Branco (since 2017)
Região imediata	Rio Branco (since 2017)
Mesoregion	Vale do Acre (1989-2017)
Microregion	Rio Branco (1989-2017)
height	25 m
climate	tropical, Aw
surface	1,807.9 km²
Residents	12,538 (2010)
density	6.9  Ew. / km²
estimate	15,256 Ew. (July 1, 2019)
Parish code	IBGE : 1200013
Time zone	UTC -5
politics
City Prefect	Ederaldo Caetano de Sousa (2017–2020)
Political party	Partido Socialista Brasileiro (PSB)
economy
GDP	211,982 thousand R $ 15,285  R $ per person  (2015)
HDI	0.604 (2010)

Acrelândia , officially Município de Acrelândia , is a small town in the Brazilian state of Acre . It is located in the far east of the state about a hundred kilometers east of the capital Rio Branco .

history

Settlement plans have been in place since the 1980s, infrastructure measures were taken, houses for colonists from the south were built, plots were determined and cocoa plantings were planted in the agricultural area. On April 28, 1992, it was raised to a separate community with the status of município by separating areas of the communities Plácido de Castro and Senador Guiomard .

The community had 12,538 inhabitants in the 2010 census, called Acrelandese. It ranks 15th in Acre by population and has the nickname Princesinha do Acre (the little princess Acres). According to the IBGE's estimate of July 1, 2019, the population was calculated to grow to 15,256 residents. The area was initially 1574.55 km² and, through further small area reforms, has meanwhile been 1807.948 km²; the population density is 6.9 people per km². The parish occupies 1.1% of the state's area.

In the north it forms a straight border with the states of Amazonas and Rondônia , in the east it is border area with Bolivia , with the Río Abuná forming the border river. Even further east, the terrain merges into the Beni lowland plain in Bolivia. Closest towns are Plácido de Castro in the southwest and Senador Guiomard in the west .

Together with the municipalities of Bujari , Capixaba , Plácido de Castro , Porto Acre , Rio Branco and Senador Guiomard , it has formed the geostatistical Região geográfica imediata Rio Branco since 2017 , which in turn forms the Região geográfica intermediária Rio Branco with the regions Brasileia and Sena Madureira .

Building of the Câmara Municipal

City administration

After the local elections in 2016, city prefect (executive) is Ederaldo Caetano de Sousa des Partido Socialista Brasileiro (PSB) for the 2017 to 2020 term of office , the legislature lies with the Câmara Municipal, the city council. The place is also the seat of the district of the same name.

traffic

Coming from the southwest of Rio Branco, the BR-364 leads north through Acrelândia with a customs post to Rondônia and there further southeast to São Paulo.

Web links

Commons : Acrelândia  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Acrelândia website on cidade-brasil.com (Brazilian Portuguese)
• Governo do Acre: Acre em números 2017. Secretaria de Estado de Planejamento - SEPLAN, Rio Branco 2017. (Contains statistical information; Brazilian Portuguese).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Climate data . Retrieved September 12, 2018.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} IBGE : Acre - Municípios - Acrelândia - Panorama. Retrieved September 12, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
3. ↑ Eleições 2016: Catetano 40 on the website www.eleicoes2016.com.br . Retrieved September 12, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
4. ↑ IBGE: Acrelândia: História , historical summary. Retrieved September 12, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).