Boca do Acre
Municipality
Location of the municipality inside Amazonas
Location of the municipality inside Amazonas
Coordinates: 8°45′7″S 67°23′52″W / 8.75194°S 67.39778°W / -8.75194; -67.39778
Country Brazil
RegionNorth
State Amazonas
Population
 (2020)
 • Total34,635
Time zoneUTC−4 (AMT)

Boca do Acre (Mouth of Acre) is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 34,635 (2020)[1] and its area is 22,349 km².[2]

The municipality holds 92% of the 311,000 hectares (770,000 acres) Mapiá-Inauini National Forest, created in 1989.[3] It also contains the 133,637 hectares (330,220 acres) Arapixi Extractive Reserve, created in 2006.[4]

References

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ IBGE - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 11, 2008. Retrieved June 11, 2008.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ FLONA Mapiá-Inauini (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-08
  4. ^ RESEX Arapixi (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-08
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