Candeias do Jamari is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
located in the
Brazilian state
The federative units of Brazil ( pt, unidades federativas do Brasil) 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 ...
of
Rondônia
Rondônia () is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northern subdivision of the country (central-western part). To the west is a short border with the state of Acre, to the north is the state of Amazonas, in the east is Mato Grosso, ...
. Its population was 27,388 in 2020 and its area is .
The municipality contains 76% of the fully protected
Samuel Ecological Station
The Samuel Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica Samuel) is a strictly protected ecological station in the state of Rondônia, Brazil.
It contains a tract of Amazon rainforest that extends east from the reservoir formed by the Samuel Hy ...
.
It also contains part of the
Jacundá National Forest
The Jacundá National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional de Jacundá) is a sustainable-use national forest in the state of Rondônia, Brazil.
Location
The Jacundá National Forest is in the Amazonia biome and covers .
The forest covers parts of the ...
, a sustainable use conservation unit.
References
Municipalities in Rondônia
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