Rio Branco

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Rio Branco (disambiguation) .

Município de Rio Branco "Cidade Verde" "Capital da Amazônia ocidental" "Capital da Natureza" "Grande Rio Branco" Rio Branco
Image montage for Rio Branco
Coordinates	9 ° 58 ′  S , 67 ° 49 ′  W Coordinates: 9 ° 58 ′  S , 67 ° 49 ′  W
Location of the municipality in the state of Acre
Symbols
coat of arms flag
Motto “Ubique Patria Memor” The fatherland in memory everywhere
founding	December 28, 1882
Basic data
Country	Brazil
State	acre
Região intermediária	Regional Geográfica Intermediária de Rio Branco
Região imediata	Regional Geográfica Imediata de Rio Branco
structure	2 districts
height	153 m
Waters	Rio Acre
climate	Am, tropical
surface	8,834.9 km²
Residents	336,038 (2010)
density	38  Ew. / km²
estimate	407,319 (July 1, 2019)
Parish code	IBGE : 1200401
Time zone	UTC -5
Website	www.pmrb.ac (Brazilian Portuguese)
politics
City Prefect	Socorro Neri (April 6, 2018-2020)
Political party	Partido Socialista Brasileiro (PSB)
HDI	0.727 (2010)

Rio Branco (German White River ; officially Portuguese Município de Rio Branco ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Acre .

Rio Branco was founded on December 28, 1882. About half of the population of Acres, called Rio-Branquenser or Acres, live in it. The city is the main starting point for tourists visiting Acre. The city is divided into two halves by the Rio Acre river , into the first and second districts, which in turn are divided into about 110 districts or neighborhoods, the bairros .

According to the 2010 census, the city had 336,038 inhabitants. As of June 1, 2019, the number was officially estimated to grow to 407,319 inhabitants.

City administration

Executive: In the local elections in 2016, Marcus Alexandre was elected city prefect (mayor), who stood for the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT). He left office as he was applying for state governor in 2018. On April 6, 2018, Socorro Neri des Partido Socialista Brasileiro (PSB) became the new mayor. The legislature rests with a city council (Câmara Municipal) made up of 17 elected city councilors (vereadores).

In 2017, the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística changed the assignment to geostatistical regions and assigned the municipality to the Região geográfica imediata Rio Branco and the Região geográfica intermediária Rio Branco .

climate

The effective climate classification according to Köppen and Geiger is Am . The average temperature is 26.2 ° C. The average rainfall is 1935 mm per year. There is significant rainfall throughout the year in Rio Branco.

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Rio Branco

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Temperature ( ° C )	26.6	26.9	26.7	25.7	24.8	24.7	25.6	26.6	26.9	26.8	26.6	25.9	O	26.2
Precipitation ( mm )	286	285	231	177	103	46	39	40	95	167	206	260	Σ	1935

Population development

Source: IBGE (figures for 2007 and 2018 are only estimates).

Diocese of Rio Branco

The Roman Catholic diocese of Rio Branco was established on October 4, 1919 as the Territorial Prelature Acre e Purus in Rio Branco. In 1986 it was raised to the status of a diocese and received its current name.

Sports

• Rio Branco Football Club , Acre record champions

sons and daughters of the town

• João Donato (* 1934), pianist, singer and composer in the jazz genre and bossa nova
• Odacir Soares Rodrigues (1938–2019), politician, lawyer and journalist
• Marina Silva (* 1958), environmental activist and politician
• Tião Viana (* 1961), Governor of Acre
• Adriano Vieira Louzada (* 1979), football player
• Wéverton (* 1987), football goalkeeper

Twin cities

Rio Branco has city partnerships:

• in Italy : Reggio Emilia 
• in People's Republic of China : Zhuhai 
• in United States : Albuquerque 

Web links

Commons : Rio Branco  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• City Prefecture website , Prefeitura Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
• City Council website , Câmara Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} IBGE : Acre: Rio Branco - Panorama. Retrieved August 31, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
2. ↑ ^{a b} Lidson Almeida: Prefeito de Rio Branco e sete secretários do Estado deixam cargos para concorrer nas Eleições 2018 . In: G1 . April 6, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese, globo.com [accessed April 12, 2018]).
3. ↑ Population statistics of the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística ( Memento from June 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE): Divisão Regional do Brasil. 2017, accessed January 28, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Climate & Weather in Rio Branco , accessed on April 12, 2018.