Assis Brasil () 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 south of 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 ...

Acre The acre is a unit of land area used in the imperial Imperial is that which relates to an empire, emperor, or imperialism. Imperial or The Imperial may also refer to: Places United States * Imperial, California * Imperial, Missouri * Imp ...

. Its population is 7,534 (2020 est) and its area is . The municipality contains part of the

Rio Acre Ecological Station Rio Acre Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica do Rio Acre) is an ecological station in the state of Acre, Brazil. Location The Rio Acre Ecological Station, which covers , was created on 2 June 1981. It is administered by the Chico Mende ...

. It also contains part of the

Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista Chico Mendes) is an extractive reserve in the state of Acre, Brazil. Location The Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve has an area of . It is in the Amazon biome. The reserve covers parts o ...

, a sustainable use environmental unit created in 1990. It is located near the

Brazil–Peru Integration Bridge The Brazil-Peru Integration Bridge is a bridge that crosses the Acre River at a point which forms the international border between Peru and Brazil. The bridge is part of highway BR-317, and connects the Peruvian city Iñapari to the Brazilian cit ...

Name

The municipality was named after

Joaquim Francisco de Assis Brasil Joaquim is the Portuguese and Catalan version of Joachim and may refer to: * Alberto Joaquim Chipande, politician * Eduardo Joaquim Mulémbwè, politician * Joaquim Agostinho (1943–1984), Portuguese professional bicycle racer * Joaquim Amat- ...

, a diplomat who was involved in the transference of

from Bolivian to Brazilian control after the

Acre War The Acre War, known in Brazil as Acrean Revolution ( pt, Revolução Acreana) and in Spanish as ("The War of the Acre") was a border conflict between Bolivia and the First Brazilian Republic over the Acre Region, which was rich in rubber and g ...

Towns and villages

Abismo ''ABISMO'' (Automatic Bottom Inspection and Sampling Mobile) is a remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) built by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) for exploration of the deep sea. It is the only remaining ROV ...

*Assis Brasil - capital *

Maloca A maloca is an ancestral long house used by indigenous people of the Amazon, notably in Colombia and Brazil. Each community has a maloca with its own unique characteristics. Several families with patrilineal relations live together in a malo ...

*Reserva Extrema * São Francisco, Acre * Senegal, Acre * Seringal Paraguacu

References

Municipalities in Acre (state) {{AcreBR-geo-stub