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Brazil's Legal Amazon (abbreviation BLA), [1] [2] in Portuguese Amazônia Legal (Portuguese pronunciation: [amaˈzonjɐ leˈɡaw]), is the largest socio-geographic division in Brazil, containing all nine states in the Amazon basin. The government designated this region in 1948 based on its studies on how to plan the economic and social ...
Vale São-Franciscano da Bahia Barra Barra: Buritirama: Ibotirama: Itaguaçu da Bahia: Morpará: Muquém de São Francisco: Xique-Xique: Bom Jesus da Lapa Bom Jesus da Lapa: Carinhanha: Feira da Mata: Paratinga: Serra do Ramalho: Sítio do Mato: Juazeiro Campo Alegre de Lourdes: Casa Nova: Curaçá: Juazeiro: Pilão Arcado: Remanso: Sento Sé ...
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Vegetation: Almost the entire region is covered by Amazon Rainforest, except the state of Tocantins, which has savanna-like vegetation (cerrado). Most of the native vegetation still remains. Notable characteristics: Presence of the Amazon Rainforest, which is the vegetation dominant in every state but Tocantins.
Together with the neighbouring Colombian city of Leticia and the Peruvian city of Santa Rosa de Yavari, the urban area has more than 100,000 residents spread along the Amazon River. The first Portuguese settlement in the area was founded in the 18th century as a military outpost. [3] It became an autonomous municipality on February 1, 1983. [3]
For statistical purposes, Brazilian states and the Federal District are divided into "Intermediate Geographic Regions" (Portuguese: Regiões Geográficas Intermediárias), which themselves are divided into smaller "Immediate Geographic Regions" (Regiões Geográficas Imediatas), which correspond to a metropolitan area. [3]
The area is noted for its natural beauty. Cities in the Tres Fronteras area include Tabatinga (in Brazil), Leticia (in Colombia), and Santa Rosa de Yavari (in Peru) on an island in the Amazon River. Much of this land is within the borders of the Alto Rio Negro and Yanomami reserves, a combined 18,000,000 hectares (44,000,000 acres). [1]
Acre (Portuguese: ⓘ) is a state located in the west of the North Region of Brazil and the Amazonia Legal.Located in the westernmost part of the country, at a two-hour time difference from Brasília, Acre is bordered clockwise by the Brazilian states of Amazonas and Rondônia to the north and east, along with an international border with the Bolivian department of Pando to the southeast, and ...