Rio Branco (, ''White River'') is a Brazilian
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
, capital of the state of
Acre
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. Located in the valley of the
Acre River in
northern Brazil
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, it is the most populous municipality in the
state
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**Nation state, a ...
, with 387,852 inhabitants, according to 2024
IBGE
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (; IBGE) is the agency responsible for official collection of statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information in Brazil. IBGE performs a decennial national cen ...
estimates,
almost half the state population. Rio Branco was one of the
first settlements to develop in the region, being the westernmost major settlement in the country and the 4th-oldest state capital city in
Northern Brazil
The North Region of Brazil ( ) is the largest region of Brazil, accounting for 45.27% of the national territory. It has the second-lowest population of any region in the country, and accounts for a minor percentage of the national GDP. The regio ...
, after
Belém
Belém (; Portuguese for Bethlehem; initially called Nossa Senhora de Belém do Grão-Pará, in English Our Lady of Bethlehem of Great Pará), often called Belém of Pará, is the capital and largest city of the state of Pará in the north of B ...
,
Manaus
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and
Macapá
Macapá () is a city in Brazil with a population of 512,902 (2020 estimate), and is the capital of Amapá state in the country's North Region, Brazil, North Region, located on the northern channel of the Amazon Delta near its mouth on the Atlant ...
.
In 1913, it became a county. In 1920, it became the capital of the territory of Acre, and in 1962, the state capital. It is the administrative center for the economic, political and cultural region.
History
The capital of the state of
Acre
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developed from the
rubber
Rubber, also called India rubber, latex, Amazonian rubber, ''caucho'', or ''caoutchouc'', as initially produced, consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic compounds.
Types of polyisoprene ...
plantation founded on December 28,
1882, by migrant settlers from the
Northeastern Region of Brazil. Then called Seringal Volta da Empresa, it was located on the right bank of the
Acre river. The
Gameleira tree marks this site. This is now classified as the Second District of the city.
Almost 150 years ago, the construction of workers' shacks had begun, in lands previously occupied by the
Aquiri,
Canamari, and
Maneteri Amazonian indigenous tribes. Years later, the same Gameleira tree survived the battles fought at Volta da Empresa, between Acre revolutionaries and Bolivian troops, during the critical period of the
Acre War. As a result, Brazil acquired Acre at the beginning of the 20th century.
By August 1904, Villa Rio Branco had become the main urban center of the entire Acre valley, and was the richest and most productive in the region. During this period of the rubber boom, the streets around the Gameleira were the center of commercial and urban life in this part of the
Amazon
Amazon most often refers to:
* Amazon River, in South America
* Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin
* Amazon (company), an American multinational technology company
* Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek myth ...
. Bars, cafes, and casinos supplied the city's nightlife; commercial representatives came here of the chief national and foreign
Aviation
Aviation includes the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. ''Aircraft'' include fixed-wing and rotary-wing types, morphable wings, wing-less lifting bodies, as well as lighter-than-air aircraft such as h ...
houses that handled thousands of
Contos de Réis. There were many wealthy families in the city.
The urban elite was largely composed of liberal professionals and civil servants. The political administration of the Territory was transferred to the left bank of the Acre River, because its lands were higher and not as subject to
flood
A flood is an overflow of water (list of non-water floods, or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are of significant con ...
ing as the old city centre. The early commercial zone gradually became dominated by
Syrian
Syrians () are the majority inhabitants of Syria, indigenous to the Levant, most of whom have Arabic, especially its Levantine and Mesopotamian dialects, as a mother tongue. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Syrian people is a blend ...
and
Lebanese immigrants. By the mid-
1930s
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, one area was known as ''"Bairro Beirut"'' (Beirut neighborhood).
By the
1950s
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, this older section had become run down and known as the Second District. As a large part of its main commercial houses had transferred to the city's First District, on the left bank of the river, following the construction there of the main public offices and residences of the most important families. Today, Rio Branco is seeking to find ways to reinvent itself, through relations with neighboring countries, developing heritage and eco-tourism, building on the local fish farming industry, and so on. In spite of its remote location, Rio Branco is one of the oldest cities in the region, predating other
state capitals of the , like Goiânia, Belo Horizonte, Porto Velho, Brasília, Palmas, and Boa Vista.
Geography
Rio Branco is located at 9° 58' 29" south and 67° 48' 36" west, at an altitude of above sea level. The city has developed on both sides of the
Acre River, with areas known as the First (left bank) and Second Districts. The river is crossed by six bridges, the newest bridge being the Joaquim Macedo Catwalk.
Rio Branco is located in the
mesoregion of Vale do Jurua and the
microregion
Microregion is a designation for territorial entities.
Austria
Brazil
Klaus Roth and Ulf Brunnbauer
A microregion is a geographic region of a size between that of a community and that of a district.p. 18, "What's in a Region? Southeast Europ ...
of Rio Branco. It is bordered on the north by the municipalities of
Bujari and
Porto Acre
Porto Acre (), originally called Puerto Alonso during bolivian rule, is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality located in the northeast of the States of Brazil, Brazilian state of Acre (state), Acre.
The economy is mainly based on agriculture. ...
; to the south by the municipalities of
Xapuri,
Capixaba, and
Plácido de Castro; to the east by the municipality of
Senador Guiomard; and to the west by the municipality of
Sena Madureira
Sena Madureira () is a municipality located in the center of the Brazilian state of Acre
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.
Vegetation
The
Amazon rainforest
The Amazon rainforest, also called the Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This basin ...
represents over half of the planet's remaining
rainforest
Rainforests are forests characterized by a closed and continuous tree Canopy (biology), canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforests can be generally classified as tropi ...
s and comprises the largest and most species-rich tract of
tropical rainforest
Tropical rainforests are dense and warm rainforests with high rainfall typically found between 10° north and south of the Equator. They are a subset of the tropical forest biome that occurs roughly within the 28° latitudes (in the torrid zo ...
in the world. Wet tropical forests are the most species-rich
biome
A biome () is a distinct geographical region with specific climate, vegetation, and animal life. It consists of a biological community that has formed in response to its physical environment and regional climate. In 1935, Tansley added the ...
, and tropical forests in the Americas are consistently more species rich than the wet forests in Africa and Asia.
[Turner, I.M. 2001. ''The Ecology of Trees in the Tropical Rainforest''. ]Cambridge University Press
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, Cambridge. As the largest tract of tropical rain forest in the world, the Amazonian rainforests have unparalleled
biodiversity
Biodiversity is the variability of life, life on Earth. It can be measured on various levels. There is for example genetic variability, species diversity, ecosystem diversity and Phylogenetics, phylogenetic diversity. Diversity is not distribut ...
. More than one-third of all species in the world live in the Amazon rainforest.
The municipality contains part of the
Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, a sustainable use environmental unit created in 1990.
Climate

The city of Rio Branco has the lowest average annual temperature among
Legal Amazonian and
Northeastern capitals. The city has a
tropical monsoon climate
An area of tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a sub-equatorial, tropical wet climate or a tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate) is a tropical climate subtype that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification category ' ...
, with temperatures between during the hottest days of the year. The lowest temperatures occur at night, with frequent records of at dawn. The period from December to March is the hottest time of year, with highs of or more. Usually between May and August, the region experiences a cooler weather, registering lower temperatures (around ) compared to regional standards. In July 2010 the city experienced record low temperatures. On the afternoon of the 17th, temperatures were registered to be on average with a minimum of . The 19th stood out with a minimum at . However, the month's maximum reached .
Rio Branco has a lengthy
wet season
The wet season (sometimes called the rainy season or monsoon season) is the time of year when most of a region's average annual rainfall occurs. Generally, the season lasts at least one month. The term ''green season'' is also sometimes used a ...
spanning from October through May and a relatively short
dry season
The dry season is a yearly period of low rainfall, especially in the tropics. The weather in the tropics is dominated by the tropical rain belt, which moves from the northern to the southern tropics and back over the course of the year. The t ...
covering the remaining four months. The city on average sees roughly of rainfall annually. Rio Branco experiences its heaviest rainfall from December through March, averaging over of precipitation per month during that timeframe. The
Acre River has many
floodplain
A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river. Floodplains stretch from the banks of a river channel to the base of the enclosing valley, and experience flooding during periods of high Discharge (hydrolog ...
spots.
Economy
Historically, the economy of Rio Branco has been based on the extraction of
rubber
Rubber, also called India rubber, latex, Amazonian rubber, ''caucho'', or ''caoutchouc'', as initially produced, consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic compounds.
Types of polyisoprene ...
and
brazil nut
The Brazil nut (''Bertholletia excelsa'') is a South American tree in the family Lecythidaceae, and it is also the name of the tree's commercially harvested edible seeds. It is one of the largest and longest-lived trees in the Amazon rainforest. ...
s. Currently,
wood
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is the main product of export in the state of Acre, which it is also a major producer of
açaí fruit,
farinha,
copaiba
Copaiba is an oleoresin obtained from the trunk of several pinnate-leaved South American leguminous trees (genus ''Copaifera''). The thick, transparent exudate varies in color from light gold to dark brown, depending on the ratio of resin to esse ...
oil and
beef
Beef is the culinary name for meat from cattle (''Bos taurus''). Beef can be prepared in various ways; Cut of beef, cuts are often used for steak, which can be cooked to varying degrees of doneness, while trimmings are often Ground beef, grou ...
. Rio Branco is currently undergoing a transformation in its economy; transformation that includes an expansion to
Agribusiness
Agribusiness is the industry, enterprises, and the field of study of value chains in agriculture and in the bio-economy,
in which case it is also called bio-business or bio-enterprise.
The primary goal of agribusiness is to maximize profit ...
,
Aquaculture
Aquaculture (less commonly spelled aquiculture), also known as aquafarming, is the controlled cultivation ("farming") of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, mollusks, algae and other organisms of value such as aquatic plants (e.g. Nelu ...
and
Ecotourism
Ecotourism is a form of nature-oriented tourism intended to contribute to the Ecological conservation, conservation of the natural environment, generally defined as being minimally impactful, and including providing both contributions to conserv ...
. Brazil's largest oil and gas company
Petrobras
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A., better known by and Trade name, trading as the portmanteau Petrobras (), is a Brazilian state-owned enterprise, majority state-owned multinational corporation in the petroleum industry headquartered in Rio de Janeiro. ...
, says the region has potential for future
extraction of petroleum
Petroleum is a fossil fuel that can be drawn from beneath the Earth's surface. Reservoirs of petroleum are formed through the mixture of plants, algae, and sediments in shallow seas under high pressure. Petroleum is mostly recovered from oil ...
.
Media
; VHF television
: 2 – TV Village (Culture / TV Brazil)
: 4 – TV Acre (Globo TV)
: 5 – TV 5 (Band)
: 8 – TV Rio Branco (SBT)
: 11 – TV Gazeta (Record)
: 13 – TV Union AC network (Union)
; UHF television
: 19 – Brazil Network
: 21 – Amazon Sat
: 27 – Life Network
: 40 – TV 40 (Record News)
: 50 – Good News
: 54 – 58 RIT – TV Nazareth
: Digital UHF 14 – Acre HD TV
; AM radio
: Progress AM: 740 kHz
: AM Leader: 800 kHz
: University AM: 1350 kHz,
: Broadcast Acre: 1400 kHz
; FM radio
: Ecoacre FM: 90.9 MHz
: Gazeta FM: 93.3 MHz
: Union FM: 94.7 MHz
: Village FM: 96.9 MHz
: Acre: MHz FM 98.1MHz
: Good News FM: 107.9 MHz
: Latin FM: 101.1 MHz
: FM 104.9 MHz Gameleira
The city has six newspapers; two are published daily and four weekly. ''O Tabloide'', ''A Gazeta'', ''Página 20'', ''A Tribuna'', and ''O Estado'' are weekly newspapers. Cellular carriers who maintain coverage in the region are
Vivo S.A., TIM,
Oi, and
Claro. The main companies offering fixed telephone coverage in the city are
Embratel
Embratel is a major Brazilian telecommunications company headquartered in Rio de Janeiro. The company was the long distance arm of Telebras until it was bought by the U.S. company MCI Communications for 2.65 billion reais during the 1998 bre ...
, Oi, and
GVT.
Transportation
The public transport system has improved in recent years, mainly due to the construction of the Terminal Urbano (Urban Bus Terminal) near the center of town. However, the buses are still delayed. Taxis, including motorcycle taxis, are widely used by the population. Rio Branco is the
Brazilian state capital city with the largest proportional
bike path
A bike path or a cycle path is a bikeway separated from motorized traffic and dedicated to cycling or shared with pedestrians or other non-motorized users. In the US a bike path sometimes encompasses '' shared use paths'', "multi-use path", or ...
network per inhabitant in the country.
Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport is away on the
BR-364
BR-364 is an inter-state highway in Brazil connecting the southeast state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo to the western state of Acre (state), Acre. The highway was opened in the 1960s and paved in the 1980s. It has brought economic development ...
highway in the rural area. This new airport was officially opened on November 22, 1999, when the older facility,
Presidente Médici International Airport, was closed. The BR-364 was twinned to facilitate access to the airport, which serves domestic and international aviation and military operations, with scheduled airlines and air taxis. The terminal is ready to receive 320,000 passengers per year and performs about 14 operations a day. By August 2010 it was the seventh-busiest airport in
Northern Brazil
The North Region of Brazil ( ) is the largest region of Brazil, accounting for 45.27% of the national territory. It has the second-lowest population of any region in the country, and accounts for a minor percentage of the national GDP. The regio ...
, and the 38th busiest airport in the country.
The
BR-364
BR-364 is an inter-state highway in Brazil connecting the southeast state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo to the western state of Acre (state), Acre. The highway was opened in the 1960s and paved in the 1980s. It has brought economic development ...
and the
BR-317 (
Interoceanic Highway) are the main highways in Acre, and the Via Verde Ring Road is the one that connects them. To the east, the BR-364 connects Rio Branco to
Southeastern Brazil
The Southeast Region of Brazil ( ) is composed of the states of Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo State, São Paulo. It is the richest region of the country, responsible for approximately 53% of t ...
. The highway cuts west across the state, linking Rio Branco to
Cruzeiro do Sul, the second major city of the state, through the municipalities of
Sena Madureira
Sena Madureira () is a municipality located in the center of the Brazilian state of Acre
The acre ( ) is a Unit of measurement, unit of land area used in the Imperial units, British imperial and the United States customary units#Area, ...
,
Manoel Urbano
Manoel Urbano () is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality located in the center-western region of the States of Brazil, Brazilian state of Acre (state), Acre.
As of 2010 it was one of the poorest municipalities in Brazil, with a low Human De ...
,
Feijó,
Tarauacá, and
Rodrigues Alves
Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, PC (; 7 July 1848 – 16 January 1919) was a Brazilian politician who first served as president of the Province of São Paulo in 1887, then as Treasury minister in the 1890s. Rodrigues Alves was elected the ...
. The BR-317 has a length of , and links the capital to the south of the state, through the municipalities of Senador Guiomard, Capixaba, and
Epitaciolândia, on the border with Republic of
Bolivia
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. From
Brasiléia the road continues for another to reach the city of
Assis Brasil on the border with
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
. The highway continues on the Peruvian side as part of the
Interoceanic Highway and as Highway 30C and Highway 26 to the city of
Cuzco
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The city was the capital of the Inca Empire unti ...
.
Attractions
The Rio Branco Palace was built in 1930 for the seat of the state government. The building was restored beginning in 1999 to preserve its historical character. In 2008 it was transformed into a museum of history.
Gameleira is a historical site located in the curve of the Acre River, where city was first founded. Today, more than a century later, the
strangler fig located there is a vigorous tree, measuring in diameter at the trunk and in height.
Opened in 1958, the Cathedral of
Our Lady of Nazareth was constructed in the style of an ancient Roman basilica. Its interior has three naves separated by 36 stained-glass windows, donated by families of Acre. The exterior is composed of gables, the cross, and the churchyard. In 2007 the church was considered public property of the state of Acre.

Also known as the Square of the Revolution, Square Plácido de Castro is located in the heart of the city, opposite the headquarters of the Military Police of Acre. Recently, the square underwent renovation. The Autonomists Memorial has a museum, exhibitions of paintings by regional artists, a coffee shop, and a drama theatre. The museum possesses a large collection of historic photos of the state, as well as historical objects used during the Revolution. The
Museum of Rubber includes sections on archeology and paleontology, and a historical collection of manuscripts and documents relating to the history of Acre.
The Catwalk Joaquim Macedo is a pedestrian bridge linking the two districts of the city. Passing over the Acre River, the catwalk is a cable suspension bridge completed in 2006. The nearby Old Market, built in the 1920s, was recently refurbished. Maternity Park was opened on September 28, 2002. It has sports facilities, kiosks, restaurants, biking trails, and skate parks.
Rio Branco has two shopping malls: the Mira Shopping and the
Via Verde Shopping, which was completed in 2011.
The sepulcher of
Raimundo Irineu Serra, founder of the religion known internationally as
Santo Daime
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, is located in the Alto Santo neighborhood and has become a place of international pilgrimage.
Demographics
The population of the municipality in 2024 is estimated at 387,852 inhabitants by the
Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (; IBGE) is the agency responsible for official collection of statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information in Brazil. IBGE performs a decennial national cen ...
(IBGE), almost half of the population of
Acre
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. It is the largest city in the state and one of Brazil's most populous. The population density of 43.89 inhabitants per square kilometer. According to the 2000 census, 51% of the population are male and 48.2% female; 92.73% of the population lives in urban areas and 7.22% live in rural areas. According to the Atlas of Human Development in Brazil, the population of Rio Branco is 0.16% of the national population. According to the Superior Electoral Court, Rio Branco has 271,518 voters in 2024.
The Municipal
Human Development Index
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistical composite index of life expectancy, Education Index, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income i ...
of Rio Branco is considered average by the United Nations Development Programme, with a value of 0.754. The education index is 0.860, while Brazil's is 0.849. The rate of longevity is 0.697 (the Brazilian rate is 0.638) and income is 0.704 (Brazil's is 0.723). The
Gini coefficient
In economics, the Gini coefficient ( ), also known as the Gini index or Gini ratio, is a measure of statistical dispersion intended to represent the income distribution, income inequality, the wealth distribution, wealth inequality, or the ...
, which measures inequality, is 0.52, where 1.00 is the worst result and 0.00 is the best. The incidence of poverty, as measured by the IBGE, is 37.21 per cent, and the incidence of subjective poverty is 39.39 per cent.
Education
In 2009 the city of Rio Branco had 211 elementary schools, with 64,349 students and 2,367 teachers. The Index of Basic Education Development for elementary schools was 4.9, ranked 10th among Brazilian capitals, and above the national average of 4.6. There are an estimated 70 kindergarten preschools with 402 teachers and 10,168 students.
Higher education institutions include the
Federal University of Acre (UFAC), the Northern Educational Union, the College of the Western Amazonia, and the Community College of Acre, among others. These absorb the bulk of registrations, especially the Federal University of Acre, as the only public college in the state.
In 2008, the illiteracy rate in the state was 13 per cent, with 36.2 per cent of the population functionally illiterate.
Sports

Rio Branco provides visitors and residents with various sport activities. The three main
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
teams in
Acre
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are based in Rio Branco:
Rio Branco FC,
Juventus
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and
Atlético Acreano. Stadiums in the city are the
Arena da Floresta;
José de Melo Stadium;
Federação Acreana de Futebol Stadium; Dom Giocondo Maria Grotti Stadium; and Adauto de Brito Stadium. Rio Branco was one of 18 candidates shortlisted to host games of the
2014 FIFA World Cup
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, for which Brazil was the only South American bidder. The city's bid was rejected.
Consular representation
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
has a Consulate-General in Rio Branco.
Sister cities
Notable people
*
Enéas Carneiro, politician
*
Carlão, brazilian volleyball player, Olympic champion
*
Weverton Pereira da Silva, football player
*
João Donato, musician
Gallery
File:Bairro_Centro_Rio_Branco.jpg, Aerial view of old town Rio Branco, Brazil
File:RioBranco Assembleia.JPG, Rio Branco in the afternoon
File:Outubro 298.jpg, View of the city centre
File:Vista parcial Rio Branco AC.jpg, View of Rio Branco, Acre
File:RioBranco Centrohistorico.jpg, Historic houses of Rio Branco, Brazil
File:Rio_branco_transito.jpg, Rio Branco, Brazil
File:Acre_rio_Branco_(146).jpg, ''Canal da Maternidade'', Rio Branco of Acre
File:Shopping-ac.jpg, Via Verde ring road
A ring road (also known as circular road, beltline, beltway, circumferential (high)way, loop or orbital) is a road or a series of connected roads encircling a town, city or country. The most common purpose of a ring road is to assist in reducin ...
, Rio Branco, Brazil
File:Casa_dos_Povos_da_Floresta_01.jpg, ''Casa dos Povos da Floresta'' Museum, Rio Branco, Brazil
File:Calçadão da Gameleira, Rio Branco Acre.jpg, Downtown Rio Branco, at the Gameleira boardwalk
A boardwalk (alternatively board walk, boarded path, or promenade) is an elevated footpath, walkway, or causeway typically built with wooden planks, which functions as a type of low water bridge or small viaduct that enables pedestrians to ...
, Acre
File:Palácio_Rio_Branco_é_iluminado_pelo_Dia_Mundial_de_Conscientização_do_Autismo_(13571317844).jpg, Event at Palácio Rio Branco, Rio Branco, Brazil
File:No_sufoco_da_cheia.JPG, Flood of the Acre River in Rio Branco, Brazil
References
External links
Prefeitura de Rio Branco Rio Branco's municipal government
Hotels in Rio Branco
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