Assis Brasil

Municipality in Acre, Brazil

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Location of municipality in Acre State

10°56′27″S 69°34′01″W / 10.94083°S 69.56694°W / -10.94083; -69.56694 10°56′27″S 69°34′01″W / 10.94083°S 69.56694°W / -10.94083; -69.56694Country

BrazilStateAcreGovernment

• MayorAntonio Barbosa de Sousa (PSDB)Area

• Total4,974 km² (1,920 sq mi)Population

(2020 est)

• Total7,534Time zoneUTC−5 (ACT)

Assis Brasil (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [aˈsiz bɾaˈziw]) is a municipality located in the south of the Brazilian state of Acre. Its population is 7,534 (2020 est) and its area is 4,974 square kilometres (1,920 sq mi).

The municipality contains part of the Rio Acre Ecological Station.^[1] It also contains part of the 931,537 hectares (2,301,880 acres) Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, a sustainable use environmental unit created in 1990.^[2]

It is located near the Brazil–Peru Integration Bridge.

Name

The municipality was named after Joaquim Francisco de Assis Brasil, a diplomat who was involved in the transference of Acre from Bolivian to Brazilian control after the Acre War.

Towns and villages

Abismo
Assis Brasil - capital
Maloca
Reserva Extrema
São Francisco, Acre
Senegal, Acre
Seringal Paraguacu

References

^ Unidade de Conservação: Estação Ecológica Rio Acre (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-04-23
^ Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Extrativista Chico Mendes (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-04