Cruzeiro do Sul (Acre)

Município de Cruzeiro do Sul "Cruzeiro", "Capital do Vale do Juruá", "Terra dos Náuas", "Capital do Interior do Acre" Cruzeiro do Sul
Center with the Cathedral of Nossa Senhora da Glória
Cruzeiro do Sul
Coordinates	7 ° 38 ′  S , 72 ° 40 ′  W Coordinates: 7 ° 38 ′  S , 72 ° 40 ′  W
Location of Cruzeiro in the state of Acre
Symbols
coat of arms flag
founding	September 28, 1904
Basic data
Country	Brazil
State	acre
Região intermediária	Cruzeiro do Sul (since 2017)
Região imediata	Cruzeiro do Sul (since 2017)
Mesoregion	Vale do Juruá (1989-2017)
Microregion	Cruzeiro do Sul (1989-2017)
height	182 m
surface	8,779.4 km²
Residents	78,507 (2010)
density	8.9  Ew. / km²
estimate	88,376 Ew. (July 1, 2019)
Parish code	IBGE : 1200203
Time zone	UTC -5
Website	www.cruzeirodosul.ac.gov.br (Brazilian Portuguese)
politics
City Prefect	Ilderlei Cordeiro (2017-2020)
Political party	(PMDB)
economy
GDP	1,062,505  thousand R $ 13,034  R $ per capita (2015)
HDI	0.664 (2010)
Federal highway BR-364

Cruzeiro do Sul , officially Município de Cruzeiro do Sul , is a medium-sized town in the Brazilian state of Acre . It is the second largest city after the capital Rio Branco, 632 km away .

history

Until 1903 the area belonged to Bolivia and only became Brazilian territory through the Treaty of Petrópolis between Bolivia and Brazil , signed on November 17, 1903 . The establishment as Vila de Cruzeiro do Sul followed on September 28, 1904. In the southwest it is border area with Peru .

population

The population was according to the census of the IBGE of 2010 78.507 inhabitants . The number was estimated by the IBGE as of July 1, 2019 at 88,376 residents.

Population development

Source IBGE (figure for 2019 is only an estimate)

economy

Development of the gross national product for the years 2003 to 2015 in thousands of R $ :

Infrastructure

Cruzeiro do Sul is located on the BR-364 national road and has the international airport Aeroporto Internacional de Cruzeiro do Sul (IATA: CZS ; ICAO: SBCZ ), which also serves the cities of Rodrigues Alves and Mâncio Lima in Acre and the city of Guajará in the state Amazon serves.

Terras indígenas

Two Indian reservations have been set up in the municipality, populated by Yaminawás and Katukinas , who belong to the Pano language families . In particular, the Katukinas are affected by the BR-364, which runs through the middle of their settlement area.

Web links

Commons : Cruzeiro do Sul  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• City Prefecture website (Portuguese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} IBGE : Cidades Acre: Cruzeiro do Sul - Panorama. Retrieved September 29, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
2. ↑ ^{a b} IBGE : Estimativas da população residente no Brasil e unidades da federação com data de referência em 1 ° de julho de 2019. (PDF) Retrieved on September 10, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
3. ↑ IBGE: Cruzeiro do Sul - História. Retrieved September 29, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
4. ↑ IBGE : Cruzeiro do Sul - Pesquisas - Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios. In: gov.br. Retrieved September 29, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
5. ↑ Yaminawá on the website Povos Indígenas no Brasil , Instituto Socioambiental (Portuguese, English).
6. ↑ Katukina Pano on the website Povos Indígenas no Brasil , Instituto Socioambiental (Portuguese, English).
7. ↑ Cruzeiro do Sul on the Novo Acre website , Portal do Governo do Acre. (Enter location as search term; Portuguese; accessed September 25, 2015).