Assis Brasil

{{Short description|Municipality of Acre, Brazil}}

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Assis Brasil ({{IPA|pt-BR|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 {{convert|4974|km2}}.

The municipality contains part of the Rio Acre Ecological Station.{{citation|language=Portuguese |title=Unidade de Conservação: Estação Ecológica Rio Acre|publisher=MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente |url=http://sistemas.mma.gov.br/cnuc/index.php?ido=relatorioparametrizado.exibeRelatorio&relatorioPadrao=true&idUc=68|accessdate=2016-04-23}}

It also contains part of the {{convert|931537|ha}} Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, a sustainable use environmental unit created in 1990.{{citation|ref={{harvid|Unidade de Conservação ... MMA}}|language=Portuguese |title=Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Extrativista Chico Mendes|publisher=MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente |url=http://sistemas.mma.gov.br/cnuc/index.php?ido=relatorioparametrizado.exibeRelatorio&relatorioPadrao=true&idUc=222|accessdate=2016-06-04}}

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

References

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{{Municipalities of Acre}}

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Category:Municipalities in Acre (state)

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