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ID: 1001944
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Record Type: administrative |
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Rondônia (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 11 00 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -11.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 063 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -63.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Named for Marshal Cândido Mariano Silva Rodon, explorer & protector of local Amerindians; much of terrain is sprarsely populated rain forest; important durin rubber boom, but industry slowed after 1912; Brazil nuts & rubber remain chief exports. |
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| Rondônia (preferred,C,V)
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| Rondônia, Estado de (C,V)
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| Rondônia, Território de (C,V)
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| Rondônia, Território Federal de (C,V)
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| Guaporé Territory (H,V)
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............ | from 1943-1956 |
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Norte (region) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| state (preferred, C) |
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since 1982 |
| second level subdivision (C) |
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| jungle (C) |
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