Rodrigues Alves (Acre)

Município de Rodrigues Alves Rodrigues Alves
Rodrigues Alves, Acre
Rodrigues Alves
Coordinates	7 ° 45 ′  S , 72 ° 39 ′  W Coordinates: 7 ° 45 ′  S , 72 ° 39 ′  W
Symbols
coat of arms flag
founding	April 28, 1992
Basic data
Country	Brazil
State	acre
Mesoregion	Vale do Juruá
Microregion	Cruzeiro do Sul
surface	3077 km²
Residents	14,389 (2010)
density	4.7  Ew. / km²
estimate	18,930 Ew. (last: July 1, 2019)
Time zone	UTC -5
politics
City Prefect	Sebastião Souza Correia (2017-2020)
Political party	PMDB
economy
GDP	1610  thousand R $ 10,105  R $ per capita (2014)
HDI	0.567 (2010)

Rodrigues Alves , officially Município de Rodrigues Alves , is a small town in the Brazilian state of Acre . It is 626 km away from the state capital of Rio Branco . The population was estimated at 18,930 inhabitants in 2019, who are called Rodriguesalvensians.

Toponymy

The name of the place is the fifth President of the Republic of Brazil Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves .

geography

Rodrigues Alves is located on the left bank of the Rio Juruá . The terrain is hilly and lies at an altitude of about 200 meters. With Cruzeiro do Sul and Mâncio Lima , it forms a city triangle. The landscape and climate are those of the Amazon rainforest . The area is crossed by "Igarapés", including the Igarapé 13 de maio , which are smaller rivers and canals in the jungle. In the south, the municipality borders on Peru , with which it forms a green border .

Protected Areas in the Western Acre

The municipality shares with the cities of Cruzeiro do Sul, Mâncio Lima, Marechal Thaumaturgo and Porto Walter the 8466.33 km² Serra do Divisor National Park, founded in 1989 , of which 13.45% falls on Rodrigues Alves.

history

The territory of Rodrigues Alves is traditional indigenous settlement area of Nawas (Náuas) around the Seringal Buritizal . At the end of the 19th century rubber tappers (seringueiros) settled there to collect rubber, the main product of the region. At the beginning of the 20th century the rubber storage camp Seringal Florianópolis was known there, from which the Colônia Rodrigues Alves became and in 1940 comprised around 25 families who lived from rubber collecting, agriculture and subsistence farming . Politically, the territory of Cruzeiro do Sul and Mâncio Lima was subordinate. In 1960 the Petrobrás company carried out oil test drillings. In 1991 there was a referendum on the future status and after elections to the mayor's office and city councilors, the village was spun off on April 28, 1992 and raised to a self-governing Munizip as Município de Rodrigues Alves . Deviating from April 28, the city festival is celebrated on July 28 with traditional parades.

City administration

City prefect (mayor) is Sebastião Souza Correia of the Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro (PMDB) with 5007 votes after the local elections in 2016 .

population

According to the 2010 IBGE census, the population was 14,389. The number was estimated by the IBGE as of July 1, 2019 at 18,930 residents.

In 2010 it was distributed among 4,315 people (29.99%) in the populated area and to 10,074 people (70.01%) in the extensive rural and forest areas.

Ethnic groups according to the statistical classification of the IBGE (status 2010 with 14,389 inhabitants):

group	proportion of	annotation
Pardos (mixed race)	10,601	( Mulatto , mestizo )
Pretus	609	( Blacks )
Brancos	3,025	(Whites, descendants of Europeans )
without specification	154

Population development

Source: IBGE (figures for 1996, 2007 and 2019 are only estimates, different figures are available for 2000). 43.01% of the population in 2010 were children and adolescents up to the age of 15.

economy

Share of GDP
sector				Thousand real
Agriculture			49,634
service			15,991
Industry			6,509
Source: IBGE, 2014

The human development index for cities, abbreviated HDI (Portuguese: IDH-M ) was at the very low value of 0.245 in 1991 and at the low value of 0.567 in 2010.

HDI
year				Points
1991			0.245
2000			0.399
2010			0.567

Infrastructure

The diagonal federal highway BR-364 connects west with Peru, east with the capital Rio Branco, 626 km away. The BR-364 crosses the Rio Juruá, but vehicles have to be crossed by ferry due to the lack of a bridge. The closest international airport, Aeroporto Internacional de Cruzeiro do Sul, is located in nearby Cruzeiro do Sul . Most of the remaining parts of the municipality can be reached by boat along the water.

education

Rodrigues Alves had an illiteracy rate of 61.5% in 1991 , which had already fallen to 41.1% in the 2010 census.

Illiteracy rate
year				percent
1991			61.5
2000			56.4
2010			41.1

In 2018, the IBGE indicates the existence of 61 primary schools and 11 middle school institutions.

Religions

number	Religious community
9,125	Roman Catholic
4,188	Evangelical-Protestant
7th	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. Rodrigues Alves 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 : Rodrigues Alves  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• City Prefecture website (Brazilian Portuguese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} IBGE : Cidades @ Acre: Rodrigues Alves. Retrieved September 9, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
2. ↑ PARNA da Serra do Divisor. Instituto Socioambiental (ISA), accessed January 11, 2017 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
3. ↑ ^{a b} IBGE: Cidades @ Acre: Rodrigues Alves - histórico. Retrieved January 11, 2017 (Brazilian Portuguese).
4. ↑ Posse do Prefeito Eleito 2017 - Candidatos a Prefeito 2016 - RODRIGUES ALVES AC. ( Memento of the original from January 11, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 11, 2017 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
5. ↑ ^{a b c d} Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano do Brasil: Rodrigues Alves . Retrieved January 11, 2017 (Brazilian Portuguese).
6. ↑ Informações do Brasil: Síntese the Informações de Rodrigues Alves (AC). Retrieved January 11, 2017 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
7. ^ Rodrigues Alves - Censo escolar - sinopse. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. IBGE , accessed September 9, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
8. ^ Diocese de Cruzeiro do Sul: Paróquias - Rodrigues Alves AC. Retrieved January 11, 2017 (Brazilian Portuguese).