Rondônia
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| Capital | Porto Velho | |
| Largest City | Porto Velho | |
| Area | 238,512.8 km² | |
| Population - Total - Density |
1,241,276 5.2 inh./km² |
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| Governor | Ivo Cassol(PPS) | |
| Demonym | Rondoniano | |
| HDI (2000) | 0.755 – medium | |
| Timezone | GMT-4 | |
| ISO 3166-2 | BR-RO | |
Rondônia pron. IPA: [xõ.'dõ.ni.a] [1] 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.
Other cities include:
See also:
- List of cities in Brazil (all cities and municipalities)
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[edit] Geography
The state has a territory covered mostly by jungle of the Amazon Rainforest, but about three-fifths of the state has been deforested since intensive settlement and logging began in the 1970s, escalating even to this day. 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 cattle breeder.
[edit] 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 Brazil, 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).
[edit] Minority Languages
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 spoken in the state of Rondonia, Brazil, since the late 1960's, is the Pomeranian (Germanic) language of migrants arriving from the old German seattlements from the state of Espírito Santo, located just above the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
[edit] Tribes
The Akuntsu tribe is one of the isolated tribes of Rondônia. They are one of the indigenous peoples of Brazil. They were first contacted in only 1995, when they numbered seven people. As of 2006 their population was down to six. They are located in the Igarape Omere region to the southwest of Rondônia. Another isolated tribe known as Kanoê of Omere lives near their village.The tribe consists of chief Kunibu Baba (male,age: ~ 70), Pupak(male, age: ~ 40), Ururu(female, age:~80) and three women with ages from 23-35. The seventh member of the tribe died in 1995. The only child born after that died in 2000 in a storm. With his death the only hope of the tribe avoiding extinction faded.[2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ The presented pronunciation is in Brazilian Portuguese. The European Portuguese pronunciation is: /ʁõ.'ðo.ni.ɐ/.
- ^ Akuntsu and Kanoê, Survival. Retrieved on 1st December 2006.
