Machadinho d'Oeste
Flag of Machadinho d'Oeste
Official seal of Machadinho d'Oeste
Motto: 
Machadinho d'Oeste a cidade que cresce!
within Rondonia State
within Rondonia State
Coordinates: 9°25′31″S 61°59′51″W / 9.42528°S 61.99750°W / -9.42528; -61.99750
CountryBrazil
StateRondonia
MunicipalityMachadinho d'Oeste
Government
  PrefectMario Alves (PV)
Area
  Total8,509.274 km2 (3,285.449 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 [1])
  Total40,867
  Density4.8/km2 (12/sq mi)
Demonymmachadinhense-d'oeste
Time zoneUTC−4 (AMT)

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]

The municipality contains part of the 346,861 hectares (857,110 acres) 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]

References

  1. IBGE 2020
  2. IBGE -
  3. Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Biológica do Jaru (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-04-27
  4. PARNA dos Campos Amazônicos (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-03
  5. RESEX Angelim (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-30
    • 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
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