Municipality in North, Brazil
Borba is a municipality in the state of Amazonas in northern Brazil .
Geography
Borba is located on the banks of the Madeira River around 150 km (93 mi) south of Manaus . Its population was 41,748 (2020)[ 1] and its area is 44,251 km2 .[ 2] The city is the seat of the Territorial Prelature of Borba .
The municipality contains 46% of the 283,117 hectares (699,600 acres) Rio Madeira Sustainable Development Reserve , created in 2006.[ 3]
It contains about 10% of the 513,747 hectares (1,269,500 acres) Matupiri State Park , created in 2009 along the Matupiri River .[ 4]
It fully contains the 179,083 hectares (442,520 acres) Matupiri Sustainable Development Reserve , created in 2009.[ 5]
It contain 21% of the 397,557 hectares (982,380 acres) Igapó-Açu Sustainable Development Reserve , also created in 2009.[ 6]
Borba also contains about 60% of the 896,411 hectares (2,215,080 acres) Acari National Park created by president Dilma Rousseff in 2016 in the last week before her provisional removal from office.[ 7]
History
Founded in 1728 as the Jesuit mission Aldea Trocano by Portuguese Padre João Sampaio . In 1755, it became the first vila (Portuguese town) in what was then the new captaincy of Rio Negro , named Borba.
Economy
The economy of Borba depends largely on fishing, agriculture, and extractive activities like rubber extraction and cocoa harvesting.
The city is served by Borba Airport .
References
^ IBGE 2020
^ IBGE - "Archived copy" . Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2008-06-11 .{{cite web }}
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^ RDS do Rio Madeira (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-01
^ PES do Matupiri (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-01
^ RDS do Matupiri (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-01
^ RDS Igapó-Açu (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-02
^ PARNA do Acari (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-12
Mesoregion Centro Amazonense
Coari Itacoatiara Manaus Parintins Rio Preto da Eva Tefe
Mesoregion Norte Amazonense
Mesoregion Sudoeste Amazonense
Mesoregion Sul Amazonense