Machadinho d'Oeste
Place in Rondonia, Brazil
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Machadinho d'Oeste is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. Its population was 40,867 (2020) and its area is 8,509 km2.[2]
Machadinho d'Oeste | |
|---|---|
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Motto: Machadinho d'Oeste a cidade que cresce! | |
 within Rondonia State | |
| Coordinates: 9°25′31″S 61°59′51″W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| State | Rondonia |
| Municipality | Machadinho d'Oeste |
| Established | 11/05/1988 |
| Government | |
| • Prefect | Mario Alves (PV) |
| Area | |
• Total | 8,509.274 km2 (3,285.449 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 [1]) | |
• Total | 40,867 |
| • Density | 4.8026/km2 (12.439/sq mi) |
| Demonym | machadinhense-d'oeste |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AMT) |
The municipality contains part of the 346,861-hectare (857,110-acre) Jaru Biological Reserve, a fully protected conservation unit created in 1984.[3] It also contains 13% of the Campos Amazônicos National Park, a 961,318 hectares (2,375,470 acres) protected area created in 2006 that protects an unusual enclave of cerrado vegetation in the Amazon rainforest.[4]
The municipality contains 78% of the Angelim Extractive Reserve and 79% of the Ipê Extractive Reserve.[5][6] It also contains the Castanheira, Freijó, Garrote, Itaúba, Jatobá, Maracatiara, Massaranduba, Mogno, Piquiá, Roxinho and Sucupira extractive reserves. [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
