Rondônia
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Rondônia (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʁõˈdonjɐ] ⓘ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northern subdivision of the country (central-western part) between latitudes 07º 58' 32" and 13º 41' 36" S and longitudes 59º 46' 26" and 66º 48' 21"W. To the west is a short border with the state of Acre for 22 km, to the north is the state of Amazonas for about 930 km across the Serra de São Jão, latitude 7° 58ˈ south, and north of the Mapiri-Madeira River, in the east is Mato Grosso for about 820 km across the Serra Grande, Serra de Providência and the Rio Branco, Inue (Languiaru) and Tenente Marques-Eugênia, and in the south and southwest is Bolivia for 1,464 km across the Guaporé and Abuna Rivers. Rondônia has a population of 1,815,000 as of 2021. It is the fifth least populated state. Its capital and largest city is Porto Velho, bathed by the Madeira River. The state was named after Cândido Rondon,[5] who explored the north of the country during the 1910s. The state, which is home to c. 0.7% of the Brazilian population, is responsible for c. 0.3% of the Brazilian GDP.
Rondônia | |
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Estado de Rondônia State of Rondônia | |
Anthem: Hino de Rondônia | |
Coordinates: 10.90°S 62.76°W / -10.90; -62.76 | |
Country | Brazil |
Founded | September 13, 1943 |
Capital and largest city | Porto Velho |
Government | |
• Governor | Marcos Rocha (UNIÃO) |
• Vice Governor | Sérgio Gonçalves (UNIÃO) |
• Senators | Confúcio Moura (MDB) Jaime Bagattoli (PL) Marcos Rogério (PL) |
Area | |
• Total | 237,754.172 km2 (91,797.399 sq mi) |
• Rank | 13th |
Population (2022)[1] | |
• Total | 1,581,196 |
• Rank | 23rd |
• Density | 6.7/km2 (17/sq mi) |
• Rank | 19th |
Demonym | Rondoniano(a) or Rondoniense |
GDP | |
• Total | R$ 58.170 billion (US$ 10.8 billion) |
HDI | |
• Year | 2021 |
• Category | 0.700[3] – high (18th) |
Time zone | UTC−4 (BRT–1[4]) |
Postal Code | 76800-000 to 76999-000 |
ISO 3166 code | BR-RO |
License Plate Letter Sequence | NBB to NEH, OHL to OHW, OXL, QRA, QTA to QTJ, RSU to RSZ, NAH to NBA, NUH to NUL, RZA to RZD |
Website | rondonia.ro.gov.br |
The state has 52 municipalities and occupies an area of 237,590.547 km2, equivalent to the territory of Romania and almost five times larger than Croatia. In addition to this, there are other important cities such as Ariquemes, Cacoal, Guajará-Mirim, Ji-Paraná, Rolim de Moura and Vilhena.