Costa Marques
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Costa Marques is a municipality
located in the Brazilian state of Rondônia
. Its population was 11,349 (2005) and its area is 12,722 km²..
The city is located in the Guaporé River's right bank and the main attraction is Forte Príncipe da Beira or Fortress Bank's Prince, which was built in 1786, by the Portuguese Kingdom, to protect that region from the Spanish Crown.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
located in the Brazilian state of Rondônia
Rondônia
Rondônia is a state in Brazil, located in the north-western part of the country. 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, and in the south is Bolivia. Its capital is Porto Velho. The state was named after Candido Rondon...
. Its population was 11,349 (2005) and its area is 12,722 km²..
The city is located in the Guaporé River's right bank and the main attraction is Forte Príncipe da Beira or Fortress Bank's Prince, which was built in 1786, by the Portuguese Kingdom, to protect that region from the Spanish Crown.