Feijó (Acre)
| Município de Feijó "Terra do açaí!"
Feijó
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 Feijó boat dock
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| Coordinates | 8 ° 10 ′ S , 70 ° 21 ′ W | ||
 Location of Feijó in the state of Acre
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| founding | December 21, 1938 | ||
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| Country | Brazil | ||
| State | acre | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | BR-AC | ||
| Região intermediária | Cruzeiro do Sul (since 2017) | ||
| Região imediata | Tarauacá (since 2017) | ||
| Mesoregion | Vale do Juruá (1989-2017) | ||
| Microregion | Tarauacá (1989-2017) | ||
| height | 153 m | ||
| Waters | Rio Envira | ||
| surface | 27,975.4 km² | ||
| Residents | 32,412 (2010) | ||
| density | 1.2 Ew. / km² | ||
| estimate | 34,780 Ew. (July 1, 2019) | ||
| Parish code | IBGE : 1200302 | ||
| Time zone | UTC -5 | ||
| Website | www.feijo.ac.gov.br (Brazilian Portuguese) | ||
| politics | |||
| City Prefect | Pine Cavalcante (2017-2020) | ||
| Political party | (PP) | ||
| economy | |||
| GDP | 264,531 thousand R $ 8188 R $ per person (2010) |
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| HDI | 0.539 (2010) | ||
Feijó , officially Portuguese Município de Feijó , is a medium- sized town in the Brazilian state of Acre with around 34,700 inhabitants, called Feijoens. It is the fifth largest city in Acre in terms of population and one of the largest municipalities in Brazil with an area of 27,975 km². It is around 344 km as the crow flies (road: 366 km) west of the capital Rio Branco . It borders Peru in the south and the Amazon state in the north .
Toponymy
The city was named after the priest, statesman and regent of the Brazilian Empire, Diogo Antônio Feijó .
geography
Acre is part of the Amazon region , the height is given as 153 m above sea level, the climate is tropical-equatorial of the climate type Af according to the climate classification of Köppen and Geiger .
Feijó is located on the left bank of a river bend of the strongly meandering Rio Envira , but is not itself a distinct inland port. With an area of 27,975 km² (as of 2017), it is very sparsely populated with around 1 person per km². Surrounding municipalities are Santa Rosa do Purus and Manoel Urbano in the east and Tarauacá and Jordão in the west.
history
Today's area of Feijó is a traditional settlement area of various tribes of the indigenous population, especially the Yaminawás (Jaminawás and Jaminawás / Envira), Kaxinawás (kaxinauwás) and Chacauwás. Rubber tappers, the seringueros , nut collectors, gold prospectors and other adventurers penetrated the Indian region from the northeast and Amazonia ; from the middle of the 19th century there were also expeditions that set up supply posts. This is how the source of the Rio Envira was researched (1879). From the middle of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, the rubber boom was important for the development of settlers. On May 13, 1906, the primeval forest village built by rubber plantation owners, including those of the Seringal Porto Alegre, and rubber tappers who had become resident, was raised to a vila under the name Vila de Feijó . It was under Seabra, today's Tarauacá, and was spun off in 1938 when it was given the status and name of Município de Feijó . Epaminondas Martins , federal intervener for Acre at the time of the Estado Novo des Getúlio Vargas , appointed Raimundo Augusto de Araújo as the first city prefect by decree No. 968 of December 21, 1938. Both dates, 1906 and 1938, are also considered the date of the city's foundation.
City administration
The executive branch for the 2017 to 2020 term of office lies with Kiefer Cavalcante des Partido Progressista (PP), who was successful in the 2016 local elections as city prefect (mayor) with 6558 votes . He was able to prevail against his predecessor "Mêrla" Hammerly da Silva Albuquerque from the labor party Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), who received only 4,532 votes. One of the urban tasks with the construction project Ruas do Povo is the expansion of previously unpaved roads.
The legislature rests with the Câmara Municipal (City Council), its President and the city councilors.
The municipality forms only one district with Feijó as its seat, there are also settlements such as Ajubim, Bom Sucesso, Califórnia, Foz do Jurupari, Porto Brasil and Porto Rubim. The settlements are all along the rivers.
population
The population was according to the census of the IBGE of 2010 32.412 inhabitants . The number was estimated by the IBGE as of July 1, 2019 at 34,780 residents. Around 40% of the population is under 15 years of age.
It is divided roughly equally between the actual local area and the rural area.
Population development
Source: IBGE (figure for 2019 is only an estimate)
Age pyramid
Infrastructure and economy
Feijó is located on the diagonal BR-364 federal road , which connects to the northwest to Peru and to the southeast via the states of Rondônia , Mato Grosso and Goiás to São Paulo . There are no other roads in the municipality, other parts of the municipality can be reached by boat via the tributaries of the Rio Envira. The town is connected to the nearest international airports in Cruzeiro do Sul or Rio Branco by the small urban airport Aeroporto de Feijó ( IATA : FEJ , ICAO : SNOU ), mainly with small aircraft and air taxis .
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| sector | percent | |||
| service | 71 | |||
| Agriculture | 19th | |||
| Industry | 10 | |||
Together with the surrounding communities Jordão and Tarauacá , it forms the statistical-geographical microregion Tarauacá , one of the two microregions of the mesoregion Vale do Juruá . These are not regional authorities, but the municipalities, similar to our German district associations, can join forces to pursue common purposes.
education
Feijó, with its population from the northeast, Afro-Brazilians and indigenous people, still had an illiteracy rate of 58.4% in 1991 , which had already fallen to 36.8% in the 2010 census. The number of pupils is around 8,000 today, the majority of whom attend primary school.
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| year | percent | |||
| 1991 | 58.4 | |||
| 2000 | 56.5 | |||
| 2010 | 36.8 | |||
Source: IBGE
Religions
| number | Religious community |
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| 21,717 | Roman Catholic |
| 8,498 | Evangelical-Protestant |
| - | no information on spiritualists |
| Source: IBGE 2010 |
The largest religious community is formed by the supporters of the Roman Catholic Church in Brazil , followed by supporters of the Evangelical-Protestant faith. Feijó belongs to the diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul .
sons and daughters of the town
- Geraldo Gurgel de Mesquita (1919–2009), Governor of Acre
- José Augusto de Araújo (1930–1971), historian, geographer and politician
- Romildo Magalhães da Silva , Governor of Acre
Main church
City gate at the boat dock
City prefecture
Entrance to the Parque de Buritizal city park
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literature
- Governo do Estado do Acre: Acre em números 2013 . Rio Branco 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2017 (PDF; 34.3 MB).
Web links
- City Prefecture website (Brazilian Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d IBGE : Cidades @ Acre: Feijó. Retrieved September 9, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ Governo do Estado do Acre: Acre em números 2013. Rio Branco 2013, pp. 113, 116.
- ↑ Posse do Prefeito Eleito 2017 - Candidatos a Prefeito 2016 - FEIJO AC . Retrieved January 1, 2017 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ Lei Municipal No. 322/03. Retrieved January 1, 2017 (Portuguese).
- ^ Diocese de Cruzeiro do Sul: Paróquias - Feijó AC. Retrieved January 2, 2017 (Brazilian Portuguese).
Região geográfica intermediária and Região geográfica imediata
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Rio Branco Code: 1201 |
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Cruzeiro do Sul Code: 1202 |
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| Mesoregion Vale do Acre |
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| Mesoregion Vale do Juruá |
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