Assis Brasil

Assis Brasil
Municipality
Flag of Assis Brasil
Flag
Coat of arms of Assis Brasil
Coat of arms
Location of municipality in Acre State
Location of municipality in Acre State
Assis Brasil is located in Brazil
Assis Brasil
Assis Brasil
Location in Brazil
Country Brazil
StateAcre
Government
 • MayorAntonio Barbosa de Sousa (PSDB)
Area
 • Total
4,974 km2 (1,920 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 est)
 • Total
7,534
Time zoneUTC−5 (ACT)

Assis Brasil (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [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 4,974 square kilometres (1,920 sq mi).

The municipality contains part of the Rio Acre Ecological Station. It also contains part of the 931,537-hectare (2,301,880-acre) Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, a sustainable use environmental unit created in 1990.

It is located near the Brazil–Peru Integration Bridge. It is the closest Brazilian city to Chile.

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

  1. ↑ Unidade de Conservação: Estação Ecológica Rio Acre (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-04-23{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  2. ↑ Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Extrativista Chico Mendes (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-04{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)