Sena Madureira () is a
municipality
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located in the center of the
Brazilian state of
Acre
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. Its population is 46,511 and its area is , making it the largest municipality in the state. It has a climate which combines temperatures of with humidities in the upper 90s percent, all year round. It is 143 km from
Rio Branco.
The oldest church in Acre state is located in Sena Madureira, the Nossa Senhora da Imaculada Conceição Church (1910).
Geography
The municipality contains part of the
Rio Acre Ecological Station.
It also contains part of the
Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, a sustainable use environmental unit created in 1990.
It contains the
Macauã National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 1988.
It also contains the
São Francisco National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2001.
It contains 98% of the
Cazumbá-Iracema Extractive Reserve, established in 2002 to support sustainable use of the natural resources by the traditional population.
The municipality contains about 12% of the
Chandless State Park, created in 2004, which protects an area of rainforest with bamboos that contains various endemic species of flora and fauna.
It contains about 27% of the
Antimary State Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit established in 1997.
Climate
References
Municipalities in Acre (state)
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