Postage Walter

Município de Porto Walter Porto Walter
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Postage Walter
Coordinates	8 ° 16 ′  S , 72 ° 45 ′  W Coordinates: 8 ° 16 ′  S , 72 ° 45 ′  W
Location of Porto Walter in the state of Acre
Symbols
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founding	April 25, 1992
Basic data
Country	Brazil
State	acre
Mesoregion	Vale do Juruá
Microregion	Cruzeiro do Sul
surface	6,443.8 km²
Residents	9176 (2010)
density	1.4  Ew. / km²
estimate	11,982 Ew. (last: July 1, 2019)
Time zone	UTC -5
Website	www.portowalter.ac.gov.br (Brazilian Portuguese)
politics
City Prefect	José Estephan Barary Filho (2017–2020)
Political party	(PMDB)
Culture
Patron saint	Nossa Senhora Imaculada Conceição
economy
GDP	955  thousand. R $ 8,830  R $ per capita (2014)
HDI	0.532 (2010)

Porto Walter , officially Município de Porto Walter , also spelled Porto Valter, is a small town in the Brazilian state of Acre . It is 574 km away from the state capital of Rio Branco . The population was estimated at 11,982 inhabitants in 2019, called the Portowaltensians. One of the few German colonies in northern Brazil had settled in Porto Walter.

geography

Porto Walter is located on the left bank of the Rio Juruá opposite the mouth of the Rio Humaitá . The landscape and climate are those of the Amazon rainforest . In the north it borders on Cruzeiro do Sul , in the south on Marechal Thaumaturgo , in the east on Tarauacá and in the west on Peru and forms a green border there .

Protected Areas in the Western Acre

The municipality shares 27% of the 8466.33 km² Serra do Divisor National Park, founded in 1989 .

history

The territory of Porto Walter is the traditional indigenous settlement area of ​​Arara, Nawas (Náuas), Amoaças, Asháninkas (Kampas), Kulinas (Culinas) and Catianos, some of which today belong to the isolated peoples. At the end of the 19th century rubber tappers (seringueiros) settled there to collect rubber, the main product of the region. Alternately, the area belonged as the district Humaitá (distrito) to the cities Juruá, then Cruzeiro do Sul. In 1960, the Humaitá district was divided into the Porto Walter district , spun off on April 25, 1992 and raised to a self-governing Munizip as Município de Porto Walter . The place is named after an early resident named Walter de Carvalho.

City administration

After the local elections in 2016, José Estephan Barary Filho (Zezinho Barbary) from the Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro (PMDB) is the city ​​prefect (mayor) with 3,091 votes .

population

According to the 2010 IBGE census, the population was 9,176. The number was estimated by the IBGE as of July 1, 2019 at 11,982 residents.

In 1991 it was distributed among 797 inhabitants (12.18%) in urban areas and 5749 inhabitants (87.82%) in rural areas, whereas in 2010 it was distributed among 3323 people (36.21%) in urban areas and growing less 5853 people (63.79%) in extensive rural and forest areas.

Population development

Source: IBGE (data for 1996 and 2019 are only estimates). 49.11% of the population in 2010 were children and adolescents up to 15 years of age.

economy

Share of GDP
sector				Thousand real
Agriculture			18,939
service			9.219
Industry			3,246
Source: IBGE, 2014

education

Porto Walter had an illiteracy rate of 77.2% in 1991 , which had already fallen to 45.9% in the 2010 census.

Illiteracy rate
year				percent
1991			77.2
2000			63.0
2010			45.9

In 2018, the IBGE indicates the existence of 44 primary school facilities and 2 middle school facilities.

Religions

number	Religious community
7,899	Roman Catholic
1,145	Evangelical-Protestant
10	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. Porto Walter belongs to the Diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul .

literature

• Governo do Estado do Acre: Acre em números 2013. Rio Branco 2013. (PDF; 3.74 MB; Brazilian Portuguese)

Web links

Commons : Porto Walter  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• City Prefecture website (Brazilian Portuguese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} IBGE : Cidades @ Acre: Porto Walter. Retrieved September 9, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
2. ↑ PARNA da Serra do Divisor. Instituto Socioambiental (ISA), accessed January 9, 2017 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
3. ↑ ^{a b} IBGE: Cidades @ Acre: Porto Walter - histórico. Retrieved January 9, 2017 (Brazilian Portuguese).
4. ↑ Posse do Prefeito Eleito 2017 - Candidatos a Prefeito 2016 - PORTO WALTER AC. Retrieved January 9, 2017 (Brazilian Portuguese).
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano do Brasil: Porto Walter . Retrieved January 9, 2017 (Brazilian Portuguese).
6. ^ Diocese de Cruzeiro do Sul: Paróquias - Porto Valter AC. Retrieved January 9, 2017 (Brazilian Portuguese).