Vale do Anari 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 ...

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 11,377 (2020) and its area is 3,135 km².

History

The municipality was instated by law n°572 (22 June 1994), signed by governor Oswaldo Piana Filho, with its area taken from

Machadinho d'Oeste Machadinho d'Oeste is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. Its population was 40,867 (2020) and its area is 8,509 km². The municipality contains part of the Jaru Biological Reserve, a fully protected conservation unit ...

municipality. The municipality contains part of the

Jaru Biological Reserve Jaru Biological Reserve ( pt, Reserva Biológica do Jaru) is a biological reserve in the state of Rondônia, Brazil. It is part of the Southern Amazon Conservation Corridor. Location The conservation unit was originally created in 1961 as the Ja ...

, a fully protected conservation unit created in 1984. It contains the

Seringueira Extractive Reserve Seringueira Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista Seringueira is an extractive reserve in the state of Rondônia, Brazil. Location The Seringueira Extractive Reserve is in the municipality of Vale do Anari, Rondônia, to the south of Ma ...

, one of a number of small sustainable use units in the region whose primary product is rubber. The municipality also contains the

Aquariquara Extractive Reserve Aquariquara Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista Aquariquara) is an extractive reserve in the state of Rondônia, Brazil. The main source of income for the residents is sale of latex (rubber) extracted using traditional methods. Lumber i ...

, also created in 1995.

References

Municipalities in Rondônia {{Rondônia-geo-stub