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ID: 1001822
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Record Type: administrative |
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Acre (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 09 00 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -9.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 070 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -70.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Covers SW portion of Amazon rain forest; ceded to Bolivia 1867-1899; local fauna includes cabybaras, red deer & tapirs; large numbers of Amerindians still live on river's raw materials; main exports are rubber & Brazil nuts. |
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| Acre (preferred,C,V)
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| Acre, Estado do (C,V)
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| Acre, Territorio do (C,V)
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| Acre, Território Federal do (C,V)
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Norte (region) (P) |
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Acre (state) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| state (preferred, C) |
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achieved statehood in 1960 |
| second level subdivision (C) |
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| agricultural land (C) |
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| jungle (C) |
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