Sena Madureira

Sena Madureira (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsẽnɐ maduˈrejrɐ]) is a municipality located in the center of the Brazilian state of Acre. Its population is 37 993 and its area is 25,278 square kilometres (9,760 sq mi), making it the largest municipality in the state. It has a climate which combines temperatures of 78 °F (26 °C) 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).

Sena Madureira
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Location of municipality in Acre State
Sena Madureira Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 09°03′57″S 68°39′25″W
Country	Brazil
Region	North
State	Acre
Founded	September 25, 1904
Government
• Mayor	Mazinho Serafim (PMDB)
Area
• Total	9,760 sq mi (25,278 km^2)
Population  (2010)
• Total	37,993
Area code(s)	+55 (68)

Conservation

The municipality contains part of the Rio Acre Ecological Station.[1] It also contains part of the 931,537 hectares (2,301,880 acres) Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, a sustainable use environmental unit created in 1990.[2] It contains the 176,349 hectares (435,770 acres) Macauã National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 1988.[3] It also contains the 21,148 hectares (52,260 acres) São Francisco National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2001.[4]

Abseiling at Chandless State Park, Sena Madureira, Acre, Brazil

It contains 98% of the 750,795 hectares (1,855,250 acres) Cazumbá-Iracema Extractive Reserve, established in 2002 to support sustainable use of the natural resources by the traditional population.[5] The municipality contains about 12% of the 695,303 hectares (1,718,130 acres) Chandless State Park, created in 2004, which protects an area of rainforest with bamboos that contains various endemic species of flora and fauna.[6] It contains about 27% of the 46,064 hectares (113,830 acres) Antimary State Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit established in 1997.[7]

Climate

References

1. Unidade de Conservação: Estação Ecológica Rio Acre (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-04-23
2. Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Extrativista Chico Mendes (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-04
3. FLONA do Macauã (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-19
4. FLONA de São Francisco (in Portuguese), ISA:Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-21
5. RESEX do Cazumbá-Iracema (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-16
6. PES Chandless (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-18
7. FES do Antimary (in Portuguese), ISA:Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-07-02