Machadinho d'Oeste

Machadinho d'Oeste
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Motto: Machadinho d'Oeste a cidade que cresce!
within Rondonia State
Coordinates: BR 9°25′31″S 61°59′51″W / 9.42528°S 61.99750°WCoordinates: BR 9°25′31″S 61°59′51″W / 9.42528°S 61.99750°W
Country	Brazil
State	Rondonia
Municipality	Machadinho d'Oeste
Government
• Prefect	Mario Alves (PV)
Area
• Total	8,509.274 km^2 (3,285.449 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	31,135
• Density	3.7/km^2 (9.5/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	machadinhense-d'oeste
Time zone	UTC-4

Machadinho d'Oeste is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. Its population was 28,649 (2005) and its area is 8,509 km².^[1]

The municipality contains part of the 346,861 hectares (857,110 acres) Jaru Biological Reserve, a fully protected conservation unit created in 1984.^[2] 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.^[3]

The municipality contains 78% of the Angelim Extractive Reserve and 79% of the Ipê Extractive Reserve.^[4][5] It also contains the Castanheira, Freijó, Garrote, Itaúba, Jatobá, Maracatiara, Massaranduba, Mogno, Piquiá, Roxinho and Sucupira extractive reserves. ^{[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]}

References

1. IBGE -
2. Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Biológica do Jaru (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-04-27
3. PARNA dos Campos Amazônicos (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-03
4. RESEX Angelim (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-30
5. • RESEX Ipê (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-31
6. RESEX Castanheira (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-30
7. RESEX Freijó (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-31
8. RESEX Garrote (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-31
9. RESEX Itaúba (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-31
10. RESEX Jatobá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-31
11. RESEX Maracatiara (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-31
12. RESEX Massaranduba (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-30
13. RESEX Mogno (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-31
14. RESEX Piquiá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-31
15. RESEX Roxinho (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-31
16. RESEX Sucupira (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-31