Costa Marques is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

located in the

Brazilian state The federative units of Brazil () are subnational entities with a certain degree of autonomy (self-government, self-regulation, and self-collection) and endowed with their own government and constitution, which together form the Federative Repu ...

Rondônia Rondônia () is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northern subdivision of the country (central-western part). It is bordered by Acre (state), Acre in the west, Amazonas, Brazil, Amazonas in the north, Mato Grosso in the east, and Bo ...

. Its population was 18,798 (2020) and its area is 4,987 km². The city is located in the

Guaporé River Guaporé River (, ) is a river in western Brazil and northeastern Bolivia. It is long; of the river forms the border between Brazil and Bolivia. The Guaporé is part of the Madeira River basin, which eventually empties into the Amazon River. T ...

's right bank and the main attraction is

Forte Príncipe da Beira Forte Principe da Beira ( Portuguese for "Prince of Beira Fortress") is a fortification on the lower part of the Guaporé River close to its confluence with the Mamoré River in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. The fort was built from 1776 to 17 ...

(named after the

Prince of Beira Prince of Beira (, feminine: ''Princesa da Beira'') is a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the King of Portugal, throne of Portugal. The title's original use that it be granted on the eldest daughter of the reigning monarch of P ...

), which was built in 1786 by the Portuguese Kingdom to protect that region from the Spanish Crown. The municipality contains 91% of the Serra dos Reis State Park. It contains 14% of the Serra dos Reis A State Park, created in 1996. It also contains 52.5% of the

Rio Cautário State Extractive Reserve The Rio Cautário State Extractive Reserve () is an extractive reserve in the state of Rondônia, Brazil. Location The Rio Cautário State Extractive Reserve is divided between the municipalities of Guajará-Mirim (47.5%) and Costa Marques (52. ...

, created in 1995.

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Municipalities in Rondônia {{Rondônia-geo-stub

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