Santa Maria do Boiaçu explained

Santa Maria do Boiaçu
Pushpin Map:Roraima#Brazil
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Brazil
Pushpin Label Position:top
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Brazil
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:North
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Roraima
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Rorainópolis
Population As Of:2010
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:224
Population Density Km2:auto
Coordinates:-0.5218°N -61.783°W
Utc Offset:-4

Santa Maria do Boiaçu is a village in the Brazilian municipality of Rorainópolis, in the state of Roraima. It is located on the Branco River, and inside the Baixo Rio Branco-Jauaperi Extractive Reserve.[2]

Overview

Santa Maria do Boiaçu is an isolated village along the Branco River. Except for Santa Maria and a few riverside settlements, the region is uninhabited.[3] In 2018, the Baixo Rio Branco-Jauaperi Extractive Reserve was created which aims to protect the area while allowing for sustainable economic activities for the communities along the river.[4] Between 1960 and 1982, it was a of Caracaraí,[5] but has become part of the municipality of Rorainópolis.[6]

Santa Maria do Boiaçu has an airfield, an elementary school, the only high school in the region, and is connected to the telephone network and internet. The village has a medical post was which renovated in 2017.[6]

The 2019 cutbacks and restructuring of FUNAI, the organisation in charge of the indigenous territories, by Jair Bolsonaro[7] has resulted in Yanomami Amerindians leaving their territory and building camps in the vicinity of the village.[2]

The highway was supposed to connect Santa Maria do Boiaçu with the road network of Roraima, however as of 2020 only 45.6 kilometres of the planned 125 kilometres have been constructed.[8]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sinopse por setores . Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) . 16 November 2011 . 13 April 2021.
  2. News: Baixo Rio Branco, Roraima. Onde o Brasil é esquecido. Notibras. 14 April 2021. pt.
  3. An ecoregional classification for the state of Roraima, Brazil. The importance of landscape in malaria biology. 2007. Maria Goreti Rosa-Freitas. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 102. 3.
  4. Web site: Reserva Extrativista Baixo Rio Branco-Jauaperi . Socio Ambiental. 14 April 2021. pt.
  5. Web site: Caracaraí . IBGE. 14 April 2021. pt.
  6. Web site: SANTA MARIA DO BOIAÇU - Unidade recebe primeira grande reforma e ampliação na estrutura. https://web.archive.org/web/20191016150948/https://saude.rr.gov.br/2018/index.php/2017-04-30-22-46-19/noticias-2/10-noticias-da-sesau/240/santa-maria-do-boiacu-unidade-recebe-primeira-grande-reforma-e-ampliacao-na-estrutura. 14 April 2021. 2019-10-16. pt.
  7. News: New Brazilian President Takes Aim at the Amazon. Spiegel. 14 April 2021.
  8. Web site: BR - 431 . Ministry of Transport via Archive.org . 14 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181211201301if_/http://transportes.gov.br/images/BIT_TESTE/Fichas/Rodovias/Fichas_Rodovias_-_BR-431.pdf . 11 December 2018 . dead.