Borba, Amazonas
Borba | |
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Municipality | |
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Coordinates: 4°23′16″S 59°35′38″W / 4.38778°S 59.59389°WCoordinates: 4°23′16″S 59°35′38″W / 4.38778°S 59.59389°W | |
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Region | North |
State | Amazonas |
Area | |
• Total | 44,251 km2 (17,085 sq mi) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 41,748 |
Time zone | UTC−4 (AMT) |
Borba is a municipality in the state of Amazonas in northern Brazil.
Location[]
Borba is located on the banks of the Madeira River around 150 km (93 mi) south of Manaus. Its population was 41,748 (2020)[1] and its area is 44,251 km².[2] The city is the seat of the Territorial Prelature of Borba.
The municipality contains 46% of the 283,117 hectares (699,600 acres) Rio Madeira Sustainable Development Reserve, created in 2006.[3] It contains about 10% of the 513,747 hectares (1,269,500 acres) Matupiri State Park, created in 2009 along the Matupiri River.[4] It fully contains the 179,083 hectares (442,520 acres) Matupiri Sustainable Development Reserve, created in 2009.[5] It contain 21% of the 397,557 hectares (982,380 acres) Igapó-Açu Sustainable Development Reserve, also created in 2009.[6] Borba also contains about 60% of the 896,411 hectares (2,215,080 acres) Acari National Park created by president Dilma Rousseff in 2016 in the last week before her provisional removal from office.[7]
History[]
Founded in 1728 as the Jesuit mission Aldea Trocano by Portuguese Padre . In 1755, it became the first vila (Portuguese town) in what was then the new , named Borba.
Economy[]
The economy of Borba depends largely on fishing, agriculture, and extractive activities like rubber extraction and cocoa harvesting.
The city is served by Borba Airport.
References[]
- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ IBGE - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ RDS do Rio Madeira (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-01
- ^ PES do Matupiri (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-01
- ^ RDS do Matupiri (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-01
- ^ RDS Igapó-Açu (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-02
- ^ PARNA do Acari (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-12
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