Guajará-Mirim

Guajará-Mirim
Municipality
Location in Rondônia state
Guajará-Mirim Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 10°46′58″S 65°20′22″W / 10.78278°S 65.33944°WCoordinates: 10°46′58″S 65°20′22″W / 10.78278°S 65.33944°W
Country	Brazil
Region	North Region
State	Rondônia
Area
• Total	24,856 km^2 (9,597 sq mi)
Population (2015)
• Total	46,632
• Density	1.9/km^2 (4.9/sq mi)
Time zone	BRT-1 (UTC-4)

Guajará-Mirim is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. It is located at an altitude of 128 meters. Its population was 46,632 (2015) and its area is 24,856 km².^[1]

Location

Guajará-Mirim lies along the Mamoré River, just across the Bolivian border town of Guayaramerín. It was once the southern terminus of the Estrada de Ferro Madeira-Mamoré (the Madeira-Mamoré Railway), which was inaugurated in 1912. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Guajará-Mirim.

Conservation

The municipality contains the 22,540 hectares (55,700 acres) Traçadal Biological Reserve, a strictly protected area that was created in 1990.^[2] It contains 2.33% of the 216,568 hectares (535,150 acres) Guajará-Mirim State Park, created in 1990.^[3] It contains the 46,438 hectares (114,750 acres) Rio Ouro Preto Biological Reserve, created in 1990.^[4] It contains 73.45% of the 204,632 hectares (505,660 acres) Rio Ouro Preto Extractive Reserve, also created in 1990.^[5] The municipality contains 47.5% of the 146,400 hectares (362,000 acres) Rio Cautário State Extractive Reserve, created in 1995.^[6] It contains the 73,818 hectares (182,410 acres) Rio Cautário Federal Extractive Reserve, created in 2001.^[7]

References

1. IBGE -
2. REBIO do Traçadal – ISA, Informações gerais.
3. PES de Guajará-Mirim – ISA, Informações gerais.
4. REBIO do Rio Ouro Preto – ISA, Informações gerais.
5. RESEX do Rio Ouro Preto – ISA, Informações gerais.
6. RESEX Rio Cautário (Estadual) – ISA.
7. RESEX do Rio Cautário – ISA, Informações gerais.

Sources

• PES de Guajará-Mirim (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-07-31
• REBIO do Rio Ouro Preto (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-07-31
• REBIO do Traçadal (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-05
• RESEX do Rio Cautário (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-14
• RESEX Rio Cautário (Estadual) (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-15
• RESEX do Rio Ouro Preto (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-07-31