Rondônia
Encyclopedia
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
. A boat ride on the Rio Madeira where one can appreciate the forest
of 100-year old trees and such fauna
as exotic bird
s is one of the best attractions of the state. Two-thirds of its area is covered by the Amazon Rainforest
. Other attractions are the Chapada dos Parecis and the Serra do Pacaás, a national park, and the capital, Porto Velho
, which is simple and with few building
s.
, but about three-fifths of the state has been deforested since intensive settlement and logging began in the 1970s, speeding up deforestation even into current times. A majority of its citizens now live in urban areas. It is a main exporter of wood
, as well as a significant producer of both coffee
and cocoa. It is also an important region for animal husbandry, specifically cattle
.
in which there is no dry season
– all months have mean precipitation
values of at least 60mm. It is usually found at latitude
s within five degrees of the equator
– which are dominated by the Intertropical Convergence Zone
. The equatorial climate is denoted Af in the Köppen climate classification
. Tropical rainforest
is the natural vegetation in equatorial regions.
in Brazil. The Amazon represents over half of the planet's remaining rainforest
s and comprises the largest and most species-rich tract of tropical rainforest
in the world
. Wet tropical forests are the most species-rich biome
, and tropical forests in the Americas
are consistently more species rich than the wet forests in Africa
and Asia
. As the largest tract of tropical rainforest in the Americas, the Amazonian rainforests have unparalleled biodiversity
. More than 1/3 of all species in the world live in the Amazon Rainforest.
of 2008, there were 1,519,000 people residing in the state. The population density was 6.6 inh./km².
Urbanization
: 66.8% (2004); Population growth
: 2.2% (1991-2000); House
s: 430,747 (2005).
The last PNAD (National Research for Sample of Domiciles) census revealed the following numbers: 832,000 Brown (Multiracial) people (54.81%), 546,000 White
people (35.95%), 115,000 Black
people (7.56%), 16,000 Asian
people (1.08%), 8,000 Amerindian
people (0.53%).
in Rondônia, with two more in process of being demarcated. The largest of these, the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau Indigenous Territory
, covers over 1.8 million hectares. Another, the Rio Omerê Indigenous Territory, is home to the Kanoê
and Akuntsu
people. Both tribes were the victims of massacres by cattle ranchers in the 1970s and 1980s and currently number just four and five individuals respectively.
Djeoromitxi (Jabutí, also Jabotí, Yabuti and Iabuti), a Macro-Ge language, Gavião
, Nhengatu (Lingua Geral
, traditionally a Lingua franca
, a native Tupian-based, Jesuitic language widely spoken in times past throughout Brazil but utilized only by small groups of people today), Tenharim, Amundava, Surui (or Suruí de Rondônia), etc.
Some of the extinct indigenous languages previously spoken in the state of Rondônia are the following: Tukumanféd, Karipuná (almost extinct, with around a dozen speakers left alive), Wiraféd, etc.
Among the newcomers' languages that have been spoken in the state of Rondonia, Brazil, since the late 1960s, is the Pomeranian
(Germanic
) language of migrants arriving from the old German
settlements from the state of Espírito Santo
, located just north of the state of Rio de Janeiro
, Brazil.
represents 15.3% of GDP (2004). Rondônia exports: wood
83.6%, coffee
8.7%, granite
3.2%, frozen meat
3.1% (2002).
Share of the Brazilian economy: 0.7% (2005).
Portuguese
is the official national language, and thus the primary language taught in schools. But English
and Spanish
are part of the official high school
curriculum.
The four-day period before Lent leading up to Ash Wednesday is carnival
time in Brazil
. Rich and poor alike forget their worries as they party in the streets.
Banda's Who Wants to Go to Saturday's Carnival
Thousands of people out on the streets get drunk and high, and this leads to several deaths during the event.
) and Teatro Uirassu Rodrigues, on José Bonifácio street
.
Porto Velho/Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport. Porto Velho Airport, located seven kilometers from the city, has as its main access Av. Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira, with two lanes. The average commute is ten minutes. Bus
es from downtown
run to the airport
every hour, and there is a fleet of taxi
s serving only the airport
. The airport is served by 98 scheduled flights weekly, most going to other large Brazilian cities. Scheduled regional routes go to the municipalities of Costa Marques (RO
), Lábrea (AM), Manicoré (AM), Cacoal (RO
), Jí-Paraná (RO
), Vilhena (RO
) and Novo Aripuanã (RO
). The scheduled airlines flying out of Porto Velho Airport are Vasp, Varig
, TAM
, Tavaj Rico and Cruiser, besides air taxi
firms – Especial, Eucatur, Assis Aéreo Táxi, Tropical Táxi Aéreo, Rima Taxi and Aeronorte. There are also small aircraft owned by private individuals and public institutions (Rondônia state government). The presence of the Porto Velho
Air Force Base ensures considerable movement of military aircraft. The local people refer to Porto Velho International as Belmont Airport because it is located in this district. It became an international airport in 2002. It is located 88 meters (2.90 feet), at 084249 South (latitude) and 0635410 West (longitude).
, with the big star in the middle symbolizing the new state. The star is displayed rising into the blue sky, stretching over Brazil
(the yellow and green areas in the lower half of the flag).
Official Website Brazilian Tourism Portal Rondonia Web
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, located in the north-western part of the country. To the west is a short border with the state of Acre
Acre (state)
Acre is one of the 27 states of Brazil. It is situated in the southwest of the Northern Region, bordering Amazonas to the north, Rondônia to the east, Bolivia to the southeast and the Ucayali Region of Peru to the south and west. It occupies an area of 152,581.4 km2, being slightly smaller...
, to the north is the state of Amazonas, in the east is Mato Grosso
Mato Grosso
Mato Grosso is one of the states of Brazil, the third largest in area, located in the western part of the country.Neighboring states are Rondônia, Amazonas, Pará, Tocantins, Goiás and Mato Grosso do Sul. It also borders Bolivia to the southwest...
, and in the south is Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
. Its capital is Porto Velho
Porto Velho
Porto Velho is the capital of the Brazilian state of Rondônia, in the upper Amazon River basin. The population is estimated to be 426,558 people...
. The state was named after Candido Rondon
Cândido Rondon
Cândido Mariano da Silva Rondon, or Marechal Rondon was a Brazilian military officer who is most famous for his exploration of Mato Grosso and the Western Amazon Basin, and his lifelong support of Brazilian indigenous populations...
. A boat ride on the Rio Madeira where one can appreciate the forest
Forest
A forest, also referred to as a wood or the woods, is an area with a high density of trees. As with cities, depending where you are in the world, what is considered a forest may vary significantly in size and have various classification according to how and what of the forest is composed...
of 100-year old trees and such fauna
Fauna
Fauna or faunæ is all of the animal life of any particular region or time. The corresponding term for plants is flora.Zoologists and paleontologists use fauna to refer to a typical collection of animals found in a specific time or place, e.g. the "Sonoran Desert fauna" or the "Burgess shale fauna"...
as exotic bird
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
s is one of the best attractions of the state. Two-thirds of its area is covered by the Amazon Rainforest
Amazon Rainforest
The Amazon Rainforest , also known in English as Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle, is a moist broadleaf forest that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America...
. Other attractions are the Chapada dos Parecis and the Serra do Pacaás, a national park, and the capital, Porto Velho
Porto Velho
Porto Velho is the capital of the Brazilian state of Rondônia, in the upper Amazon River basin. The population is estimated to be 426,558 people...
, which is simple and with few building
Building
In architecture, construction, engineering, real estate development and technology the word building may refer to one of the following:...
s.
Geography
The state is covered mostly with Amazon RainforestAmazon Rainforest
The Amazon Rainforest , also known in English as Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle, is a moist broadleaf forest that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America...
, but about three-fifths of the state has been deforested since intensive settlement and logging began in the 1970s, speeding up deforestation even into current times. A majority of its citizens now live in urban areas. It is a main exporter of wood
Wood
Wood is a hard, fibrous tissue found in many trees. It has been used for hundreds of thousands of years for both fuel and as a construction material. It is an organic material, a natural composite of cellulose fibers embedded in a matrix of lignin which resists compression...
, as well as a significant producer of both coffee
Coffee
Coffee is a brewed beverage with a dark,init brooo acidic flavor prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant, colloquially called coffee beans. The beans are found in coffee cherries, which grow on trees cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in equatorial Latin America, Southeast Asia,...
and cocoa. It is also an important region for animal husbandry, specifically cattle
Cattle
Cattle are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae, are the most widespread species of the genus Bos, and are most commonly classified collectively as Bos primigenius...
.
Climate
The equatorial climate is a type of tropical climateTropical climate
A tropical climate is a climate of the tropics. In the Köppen climate classification it is a non-arid climate in which all twelve months have mean temperatures above...
in which there is no dry season
Dry season
The dry season is a term commonly used when describing the weather in the tropics. The weather in the tropics is dominated by the tropical rain belt, which oscillates from the northern to the southern tropics over the course of the year...
– all months have mean precipitation
Precipitation (meteorology)
In meteorology, precipitation In meteorology, precipitation In meteorology, precipitation (also known as one of the classes of hydrometeors, which are atmospheric water phenomena is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravity. The main forms of precipitation...
values of at least 60mm. It is usually found at latitude
Latitude
In geography, the latitude of a location on the Earth is the angular distance of that location south or north of the Equator. The latitude is an angle, and is usually measured in degrees . The equator has a latitude of 0°, the North pole has a latitude of 90° north , and the South pole has a...
s within five degrees of the equator
Equator
An equator is the intersection of a sphere's surface with the plane perpendicular to the sphere's axis of rotation and containing the sphere's center of mass....
– which are dominated by the Intertropical Convergence Zone
Intertropical Convergence Zone
The Intertropical Convergence Zone , known by sailors as The Doldrums, is the area encircling the earth near the equator where winds originating in the northern and southern hemispheres come together....
. The equatorial climate is denoted Af in the Köppen climate classification
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by Crimea German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen himself, notably in 1918 and 1936...
. Tropical rainforest
Tropical rainforest
A tropical rainforest is an ecosystem type that occurs roughly within the latitudes 28 degrees north or south of the equator . This ecosystem experiences high average temperatures and a significant amount of rainfall...
is the natural vegetation in equatorial regions.
Vegetation
About 70% of Rondônia is covered by Amazon Rain forest; the top of the "chapadas" is covered by savannahs (or cerrados, in Portuguese). Due to the rapid increase in population and quick growth of the economy, coupled with corruption and lack of regulations, the forest zone of Rondônia is one of areas most affected by deforestationDeforestation
Deforestation is the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a nonforest use. Examples of deforestation include conversion of forestland to farms, ranches, or urban use....
in Brazil. The Amazon represents over half of the planet's remaining rainforest
Rainforest
Rainforests are forests characterized by high rainfall, with definitions based on a minimum normal annual rainfall of 1750-2000 mm...
s and comprises the largest and most species-rich tract of tropical rainforest
Tropical rainforest
A tropical rainforest is an ecosystem type that occurs roughly within the latitudes 28 degrees north or south of the equator . This ecosystem experiences high average temperatures and a significant amount of rainfall...
in the world
World
World is a common name for the whole of human civilization, specifically human experience, history, or the human condition in general, worldwide, i.e. anywhere on Earth....
. Wet tropical forests are the most species-rich biome
Biome
Biomes are climatically and geographically defined as similar climatic conditions on the Earth, such as communities of plants, animals, and soil organisms, and are often referred to as ecosystems. Some parts of the earth have more or less the same kind of abiotic and biotic factors spread over a...
, and tropical forests in the Americas
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...
are consistently more species rich than the wet forests in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
and Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
. As the largest tract of tropical rainforest in the Americas, the Amazonian rainforests have unparalleled biodiversity
Biodiversity
Biodiversity is the degree of variation of life forms within a given ecosystem, biome, or an entire planet. Biodiversity is a measure of the health of ecosystems. Biodiversity is in part a function of climate. In terrestrial habitats, tropical regions are typically rich whereas polar regions...
. More than 1/3 of all species in the world live in the Amazon Rainforest.
Demographics
According to the IBGEIBGE
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics or IBGE , is the agency responsible for statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information in Brazil...
of 2008, there were 1,519,000 people residing in the state. The population density was 6.6 inh./km².
Urbanization
Urbanization
Urbanization, urbanisation or urban drift is the physical growth of urban areas as a result of global change. The United Nations projected that half of the world's population would live in urban areas at the end of 2008....
: 66.8% (2004); Population growth
Population growth
Population growth is the change in a population over time, and can be quantified as the change in the number of individuals of any species in a population using "per unit time" for measurement....
: 2.2% (1991-2000); House
House
A house is a building or structure that has the ability to be occupied for dwelling by human beings or other creatures. The term house includes many kinds of different dwellings ranging from rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to free standing individual structures...
s: 430,747 (2005).
The last PNAD (National Research for Sample of Domiciles) census revealed the following numbers: 832,000 Brown (Multiracial) people (54.81%), 546,000 White
White Brazilian
White Brazilians make up 48.4% of Brazil's population, or around 92 million people, according to the IBGE's 2008 PNAD . Whites are present in the entire territory of Brazil, although the main concentrations are found in the South and Southeastern parts of the country...
people (35.95%), 115,000 Black
Afro-Brazilian
In Brazil, the term "preto" is one of the five categories used by the Brazilian Census, along with "branco" , "pardo" , "amarelo" and "indígena"...
people (7.56%), 16,000 Asian
Asian Brazilian
An Asian Brazilian is is a Brazilian citizen of full or partial Asian ancestry, who remains culturally connected to Asia, or an Asian-born person permanently residing in Brazil. Brazil received many immigrants from Asia, both from Middle East and East Asia...
people (1.08%), 8,000 Amerindian
Indigenous peoples in Brazil
The Indigenous peoples in Brazil comprise a large number of distinct ethnic groups who inhabited the country prior to the European invasion around 1500...
people (0.53%).
Major cities
| Rank | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto Velho Porto Velho Porto Velho is the capital of the Brazilian state of Rondônia, in the upper Amazon River basin. The population is estimated to be 426,558 people... |
426.558 |
| 2 | Ji-Paraná Ji-Paraná Ji-Paraná is the second most populous city in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. Its population was 116.587 and its area is 6,897 km².Located in central Rondônia, the city attracted many settlers from the 1970s onward... |
117,707 |
| 3 | Ariquemes Ariquemes Ariquemes is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. Its population was 84,581 and its area is 4,427 km2. It is the third-largest city in Rondônia state.-External links:... |
90,581 |
| 4 | Cacoal Cacoal Cacoal is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. Its population as of 2008 was 78,263 and its area is 3,793 km². It is the fourth-largest city in Rondônia state.-External links:... |
78,263 |
| 5 | Vilhena Vilhena Vilhena is the easternmost municipality in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. Its population was 68,405 and its area is 11,519 km². It is the fifth-largest city in Rondônia state.-History:... |
78,405 |
| 6 | Jaru Jaru Jaru is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. It is located at latitude 10 ° 26'20 "South and longitude 62 ° 27'59" West, with an altitude of 124 meters. Its population is estimated at 53,955 inhabitants .It has an area of 2944 km ²... |
53,955 |
| 7 | Rolim de Moura Rolim de Moura Rolim de Moura is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. Its population was 49,522 and its area is 1,458 km².... |
50,249 |
| 8 | Guajará-Mirim Guajará-Mirim Guajará-Mirim is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. It is located at an altitude of 128 meters. Its population was 41,467 and its area is 24,856 km².It lies along the Mamoré River, just across the Bolivian border town of Guayaramerín... |
40,541 |
| 9 | Ouro Preto do Oeste Ouro Preto do Oeste Ouro Preto do Oeste is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. Its population was 40,757 and its area is 1,970 km².... |
37,142 |
| 10 | Buritis Buritis, Rondônia Buritis is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. Its population was 40,120 and its area is 3,266 km².. The city consists largely of unpaved, dirt packed roads. There is one large grocery store of the Goncalves chain. Buritis has one stoplight. Surrounding and outlying farmers... |
33,879 |
| 11 | Pimenta Bueno Pimenta Bueno Pimenta Bueno is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. Its population was 31,466 and its area is 6,241 km².... |
33,803 |
| 12 | Machadinho d'Oeste Machadinho d'Oeste Machadinho d'Oeste is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. Its population was 28,649 and its area is 8,509 km².... |
32,214 |
| 13 | Espigão d'Oeste Espigão d'Oeste Espigão d'Oeste is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. Its population was 27,274 and its area is 4,518 km².... |
28,617 |
| 14 | Alta Floresta d'Oeste Alta Floresta d'Oeste Alta Floresta d'Oeste is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. Its population was 28,629 and its area is 7,067 km².... |
24,577 |
| 15 | São Miguel do Guaporé São Miguel do Guaporé São Miguel do Guaporé is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. Its population was 30,082 and its area is 8,008 km².... |
23,283 |
Native Brazilians
there were 21 Indigenous TerritoriesIndigenous Territory
In Brazil, Indigenous Territories or Indigenous Lands are areas inhabited and exclusively possessed by indigenous people. The Brazilian Constitution recognises the inalienable right of indigenous peoples to lands they "traditionally occupy"Further defined as those lands "on which they live on a...
in Rondônia, with two more in process of being demarcated. The largest of these, the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau Indigenous Territory
Terra Indigena Uru-Eu-Uaw-Uaw
Terra Indigena Uru-Eu-Uaw-Uaw is an Indigenous Territory located in central Rondônia, Brazil. It has a contacted Indian population of around 168 people belonging to Amondaua, Uru Pa In, Juma, and Jupaú tribes . There remains an unknown number of uncontacted Indians who belongs to 4 to 6 different...
, covers over 1.8 million hectares. Another, the Rio Omerê Indigenous Territory, is home to the Kanoê
Kanoê
The Kanoê are an indigenous people of southern Rondônia, Brazil, near the Bolivian border. There are two major groups of Kanoê: one residing in the region of the Guaporé River and another in the Rio Omerê Indigenous Territory...
and Akuntsu
Akuntsu
The Akuntsu are an indigenous people of Rondônia, Brazil. Their land is part of the Rio Omerê Indigenous Territory, a small forest reserve which is also inhabited by a group of Kanoê...
people. Both tribes were the victims of massacres by cattle ranchers in the 1970s and 1980s and currently number just four and five individuals respectively.
Minority languages
Gavião
-Portugal:* Gavião Municipality, a municipality in district of Portalegre* Gavião , a civil parish in the municipality of Gavião* Gavião , a civil parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Famalicão-Other:* Gavião language...
, Nhengatu (Lingua Geral
Língua Geral
Língua Geral is the name of two distinct linguae francae spoken in Brazil, the língua geral paulista , now extinct; and the língua geral amazônica , whose modern descendant is Nheengatu....
, traditionally a Lingua franca
Lingua franca
A lingua franca is a language systematically used to make communication possible between people not sharing a mother tongue, in particular when it is a third language, distinct from both mother tongues.-Characteristics:"Lingua franca" is a functionally defined term, independent of the linguistic...
, a native Tupian-based, Jesuitic language widely spoken in times past throughout Brazil but utilized only by small groups of people today), Tenharim, Amundava, Surui (or Suruí de Rondônia), etc.
Some of the extinct indigenous languages previously spoken in the state of Rondônia are the following: Tukumanféd, Karipuná (almost extinct, with around a dozen speakers left alive), Wiraféd, etc.
Among the newcomers' languages that have been spoken in the state of Rondonia, Brazil, since the late 1960s, is the Pomeranian
Pomeranian language
The Pomeranian language is a group of dialects from the Lechitic cluster of the West Slavic languages. In medieval contexts, it refers to the dialects spoken by the Slavic Pomeranians...
(Germanic
Germanic languages
The Germanic languages constitute a sub-branch of the Indo-European language family. The common ancestor of all of the languages in this branch is called Proto-Germanic , which was spoken in approximately the mid-1st millennium BC in Iron Age northern Europe...
) language of migrants arriving from the old German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
settlements from the state of Espírito Santo
Espírito Santo
Espírito Santo is one of the states of southeastern Brazil, often referred to by the abbreviation "ES". Its capital is Vitória and the largest city is Vila Velha. The name of the state means literally "holy spirit" after the Holy Ghost of Christianity...
, located just north of the state of Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
, Brazil.
Economy
The service sector provides the largest portion of GDP at 54.1%, followed by the industrial sector at 30.6%. AgricultureAgriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
represents 15.3% of GDP (2004). Rondônia exports: wood
Wood
Wood is a hard, fibrous tissue found in many trees. It has been used for hundreds of thousands of years for both fuel and as a construction material. It is an organic material, a natural composite of cellulose fibers embedded in a matrix of lignin which resists compression...
83.6%, coffee
Coffee
Coffee is a brewed beverage with a dark,init brooo acidic flavor prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant, colloquially called coffee beans. The beans are found in coffee cherries, which grow on trees cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in equatorial Latin America, Southeast Asia,...
8.7%, granite
Granite
Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...
3.2%, frozen meat
Meat
Meat is animal flesh that is used as food. Most often, this means the skeletal muscle and associated fat and other tissues, but it may also describe other edible tissues such as organs and offal...
3.1% (2002).
Share of the Brazilian economy: 0.7% (2005).
Education
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
is the official national language, and thus the primary language taught in schools. But English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
are part of the official high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
curriculum.
Educational Institutions
- Universidade Federal de Rondônia (Unir) (Federal University of Rondônia);
- Escola Agrotécnica Federal de Colorado do Oeste (EAFCO);
- Instituto Luterano de Ensino Superior de Porto Velho (Iles-Ulbra);
- Faculdade de Ciências Administrativas e de Tecnologia (Fatec-RO);
- Faculdade de Ciências Biomédicas de Cacoal (Facimed);
- Faculdade de Ciências Humanas, Exatas e Letras de Rondônia (Faro);
- Faculdade da Amazônia (Iesa) (College of Amazon);
- Faculdade de Porto Velho (FIP);
Carnival
Carnival
Carnaval is a festive season which occurs immediately before Lent; the main events are usually during February. Carnaval typically involves a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus, mask and public street party...
time in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. Rich and poor alike forget their worries as they party in the streets.
Banda's Who Wants to Go to Saturday's Carnival
Thousands of people out on the streets get drunk and high, and this leads to several deaths during the event.
Theatre
Teatro Municipal, on Joaquim Nabuco Avenue (DowntownDowntown
Downtown is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's core or central business district ....
) and Teatro Uirassu Rodrigues, on José Bonifácio street
Street
A street is a paved public thoroughfare in a built environment. It is a public parcel of land adjoining buildings in an urban context, on which people may freely assemble, interact, and move about. A street can be as simple as a level patch of dirt, but is more often paved with a hard, durable...
.
International Airport
Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
es from downtown
Downtown
Downtown is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's core or central business district ....
run to the airport
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
every hour, and there is a fleet of taxi
Taxicab
A taxicab, also taxi or cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride. A taxicab conveys passengers between locations of their choice...
s serving only the airport
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
. The airport is served by 98 scheduled flights weekly, most going to other large Brazilian cities. Scheduled regional routes go to the municipalities of Costa Marques (RO
RO
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), Lábrea (AM), Manicoré (AM), Cacoal (RO
RO
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), Jí-Paraná (RO
RO
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), Vilhena (RO
RO
-Places:Brazil* Rondônia, a state in BrazilGreece* Ro, Greece, an island in Dodecanese Prefecture, South AegeanItaly* Ro, Emilia–Romagna, a comune in the Province of FerraraRomania* Romania, ISO 3166-1 country code...
) and Novo Aripuanã (RO
RO
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). The scheduled airlines flying out of Porto Velho Airport are Vasp, Varig
Varig
VARIG was the first airline founded in Brazil, in 1927. From 1965 until 1990 it was Brazil's leading and almost only international airline...
, TAM
TAM
-Finance:* Total addressable market, a financial term used to reference the revenue opportunity available for a product or service- Military :* TAM – Transporte Aéreo Militar , an airline in Bolivia...
, Tavaj Rico and Cruiser, besides air taxi
Air taxi
An air taxi is an air charter passenger or cargo aircraft which operates on an on-demand basis.-Regulation:In the United States, air taxi and air charter operations are governed by Part 135 of the Federal Aviation Regulations , unlike the larger scheduled air carriers which are governed by more...
firms – Especial, Eucatur, Assis Aéreo Táxi, Tropical Táxi Aéreo, Rima Taxi and Aeronorte. There are also small aircraft owned by private individuals and public institutions (Rondônia state government). The presence of the Porto Velho
Porto Velho
Porto Velho is the capital of the Brazilian state of Rondônia, in the upper Amazon River basin. The population is estimated to be 426,558 people...
Air Force Base ensures considerable movement of military aircraft. The local people refer to Porto Velho International as Belmont Airport because it is located in this district. It became an international airport in 2002. It is located 88 meters (2.90 feet), at 084249 South (latitude) and 0635410 West (longitude).
Flag
The flag was designed by Silvio Carvalho Feitosa and adopted with complementary Law No. 41 of December 22, 1981. The flag uses the same colors as the flag of BrazilFlag of Brazil
The national flag of Brazil is a blue disc depicting a starry sky spanned by a curved band inscribed with the national motto, within a yellow rhombus, on a green field. Brazil officially adopted this design for its national flag on November 19, 1889, replacing the flag of the second Empire of Brazil...
, with the big star in the middle symbolizing the new state. The star is displayed rising into the blue sky, stretching over Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
(the yellow and green areas in the lower half of the flag).
See also
BrazilBrazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
Official Website Brazilian Tourism Portal Rondonia Web