Plácido de Castro, Acre
| Plácido de Castro | |||
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 Location of municipality in Acre State |
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| Coordinates: 10°16′33″S 67°09′00″W / 10.27583°S 67.15000°WCoordinates: 10°16′33″S 67°09′00″W / 10.27583°S 67.15000°W | |||
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 Brazil
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| State | Acre | ||
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| • Total | 790 sq mi (2,047 km2) | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • Total | 17,209 | ||
| Website | http://www.placidodecastro.ac.cnm.org.br/ | ||
Plácido de Castro is a municipality located in the east of the Brazilian state of Acre on the border with Bolivia.
The municipal seat is on the left bank of the Abunã River, which defines the boundary between Brazil and Bolivia. It is 95 kilometres (59 mi) from Rio Branco by road, or 80 kilometres (50 mi) as the crow flies, accessible to weekend tourists from the city via the AC-40 highway. It has an area of 1,945 square kilometres (751 sq mi), and is the 19th largest in area in Acre. The municipality is bounded to the north and northwest by the municipality of Senador Guiomard, to the east by the municipality of Acrelândia, to the south by Bolivia and to the west by the municipality of Capixaba. The municipality contains the Plácido de Castro Ecological Park, a 34 hectares (84 acres) municipal conservation area that contains 113 genera of trees. An area that held large trees such as Brazil nut, rubber, cocoa and mahogany was destroyed by fire in 2005.
The surrounding area has several large, ancient earthworks termed "geoglifos" by regional archaeologists. An example is clearly visible in aerial photography at 10°18′25″S 67°13′05″W / 10.307°S 67.218°W.
In the early 20th century the region of the present municipality was a place where fugitives from the law took refuge. José Plácido de Castro, who was prefect of the Alto Acre department in 1906-07, recommended the need for a settlement to stabilise the situation. In 1922 a trading post was established, serving extractors of nuts and rubber in the Abunã River basin. The post was in a rubber tappers' settlement named Pacatuba on the São Gabriel rubber estate, which was soon renamed after Plácido de Castro, a hero of the Acre War.
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