Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre

Cruzeiro do Sul
Municipality of Cruzeiro do Sul
City centre, Catedral Nossa Senhora da Glória, alongside Juruá River, Acre, Brazil.
City centre, Catedral Nossa Senhora da Glória, alongside Juruá River, Acre, Brazil.
Flag of Cruzeiro do Sul
Official seal of Cruzeiro do Sul
Nickname: 
Land of the Nahuas (Portuguese: Terra dos Nauas)
Location in Acre
Location in Acre
Cruzeiro do Sul is located in Brazil
Cruzeiro do Sul
Cruzeiro do Sul
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 7°37′51″S 72°40′12″W / 7.63083°S 72.67000°W / -7.63083; -72.67000
Country Brazil
RegionNorth
State Acre
FoundedSeptember 12, 1904
Government
 • MayorIlderlei Cordeiro (MDB)
Area
 • Total
7,924.943 km2 (3,059.838 sq mi)
Elevation
182 m (597 ft)
Population
 (2020 est)
 • Total
89,072
 • Density8.94/km2 (23.2/sq mi)
Demonymcruzeirense[1]
Time zoneUTC−5 (ACT)
CEP postal code
69980-000
Area code+55 68
HDI (2010)0.664 – medium[2]
Websitecruzeirodosul.ac.gov.br

Cruzeiro do Sul (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɾuˈzejɾu du ˈsuw], Southern Cross) is a municipality located on the Juruá river in the west of the Brazilian state of Acre. It is the second-largest city in Acre.

It is bordered to the north by the state of Amazonas, to the south by Peru, to the east by the municipality of Porto Walter, to the west by the municipality of Rodrigues Alves, to the northwest by the municipality of Tarauacá, and to the northwest by the municipality of Mâncio Lima.

The municipality contains 23% of the 846,633 hectares (2,092,080 acres) Serra do Divisor National Park, created in 1989.[3]

  1. ^ "IBGE - Cidades". O Brasil Município por Município. Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ PARNA da Serra do Divisor (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-08