Candeias do Jamari

Candeias do Jamari
Municipality
Candeias do Jamari
Coordinates: 8°47′31″S 63°41′49″W / 8.792°S 63.697°W / -8.792; -63.697Coordinates: 8°47′31″S 63°41′49″W / 8.792°S 63.697°W / -8.792; -63.697
Country Brazil
State Rondônia
Municipality Candeias do Jamari

Candeias do Jamari is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. Its population was 16,700 (2005) and its area is 6,844 km2 (2,642 sq mi).[1]

The municipality contains 76% of the fully protected 71,161 hectares (175,840 acres) Samuel Ecological Station.[2] It also contains part of the 221,218 hectares (546,640 acres) Jacundá National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit.[3]

References

  1. IBGE - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
  2. Samuel Estação Ecológica (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-05-14
  3. Unidade de Conservação: Floresta Nacional de Jacundá (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-16


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