Maçambara

Municipality in South, Brazil
Flag of Maçambará
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Official seal of Maçambará
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Map of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil highlighting Maçambará
Map of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil highlighting Maçambará
Coordinates: 29°8′34″S 56°3′54″W / 29.14278°S 56.06500°W / -29.14278; -56.06500CountryBrazilRegionSouthStateRio Grande do SulMicro-regionCampanha OcidentalFoundedOctober 22, 1997Area
 • Total1,682.82 km2 (649.74 sq mi)Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total4,562 • Density2.7/km2 (7.0/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)Postal code
97560-xxx
Distance from the capital590 km (370 mi)Websitemacambara.rs.gov.br

Maçambará is a small Brazilian municipality in the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The population is 4,562 (2020 est.) in an area of 1,682.82 km2.[2] Its elevation is 110 m. It is located west of the state capital of Porto Alegre and northeast of Alegrete.

The municipality contains part of the 4,392 hectares (10,850 acres) São Donato Biological Reserve, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 1975 that protects an area of wetlands on the Butuí River, a tributary of the Uruguay River.[3]

Neighbouring municipalities

References

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
  3. ^ Inaugurado em São Borja Escritório da Reserva Biológica do São Donato (in Portuguese), Secretaria do Ambiente e Desenvolvimento Sustentável do Rio Grande do Sul, 27 May 2002, archived from the original on 4 May 2016, retrieved 2016-04-19

External links

  • http://www.citybrazil.com.br/rs/macambara/ (in Portuguese)
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Capital: Porto Alegre
Restinga Seca
Santa Maria
Santiago
Cachoeira do Sul
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Camaquã
Gramado-Canela
Montenegro
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Porto Alegre
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Mesoregion Nordeste Rio-Grandense
Caxias do Sul
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Cruz Alta
Erechim
Frederico Westphalen
Ijuí
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Soledade
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