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.