Machadinho d'Oeste explained

Motto:Machadinho d'Oeste a cidade que cresce!
Coordinates:-9.4253°N -61.9975°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Brazil
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Rondonia
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Machadinho d'Oeste
Established Date:11/05/1988
Leader Party:PV
Leader Title:Prefect
Leader Name:Mario Alves
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:8509.274
Population Total:40,867
Population As Of:2020 [1]
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Demonym:machadinhense-d'oeste
Timezone1:AMT
Utc Offset1:-4

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 Jaru Biological Reserve, a fully protected conservation unit created in 1984.It also contains 13% of the Campos Amazônicos National Park, a protected area created in 2006 that protects an unusual enclave of cerrado vegetation in the Amazon rainforest.

The municipality contains 78% of the Angelim Extractive Reserve and 79% of the Ipê Extractive Reserve.It also contains the Castanheira, Freijó, Garrote, Itaúba, Jatobá, Maracatiara, Massaranduba, Mogno, Piquiá, Roxinho and Sucupira extractive reserves.

Notes and References

  1. https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/ro/machadinho-doeste/panorama IBGE 2020
  2. [Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics|IBGE]