Mâncio Lima

Mâncio Lima (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmɐ̃sju ˈʎimɐ]) is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Acre. Located deep within the Amazon rainforest, it is the country's westernmost municipality and the state's northernmost. As of 2022^[update], it had a population of 19,294.

Mâncio Lima
Municipality
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Location of municipality in Acre State
Mâncio Lima Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 07°36′50″S 72°53′45″W
Country	Brazil
State	Acre
Area
• Total	1,804 sq mi (4,672 km2)
Population  (2022)[1]
• Total	19,294
Time zone	UTC−5 (ACT)

Mâncio Lima grew out of a small village named Vila Japiim. The population ballooned with the arrival of settlers from northeast Brazil, who sought a better livelihood in the area amid the Brazilian rubber booms of the 20th century. Vila Japiim became a municipality in 1976 and was renamed Mâncio Lima after one of the settlers who came from the northeast.

Geography

Mâncio Lima is situated in the Juruá river valley within the Amazon rainforest.^[2] Covering an area of 4,672 square kilometres (1,804 sq mi), it contains 32% of the 846,633-hectare (2,092,080-acre) Serra do Divisor National Park, a protected area created in 1989.^[3][4] It is the westernmost municipality of Brazil and the northernmost of Acre.^[5]

History

Mâncio Lima emerged from a village named Vila Japiim. During the rubber booms of the 20th century, a large number of migrants arrived from northeast Brazil, predominantly from the state of Ceará, and settled as rubber tappers or farmers. Vila Japiim was consequently elevated to the status of a municipality on 30 May 1976 and renamed Mâncio Lima, after Mâncio Agostinho Rodrigues de Lima, a pioneer from Ceará.^[2]

Demographics

The 2022 census recorded a population of 19,294 in Mâncio Lima.^[1] The local population includes a number of Indigenous peoples such as the Poyanawa, as well as the descendants of rubber tappers who immigrated from the northeast during the rubber booms.^[2]

Economy

The economy of Mâncio Lima is based primarily on agriculture, with cassava and coffee being the main crops. In recent years, the municipality has seen growth in tourism, especially ecotourism, due to its location within Serra do Divisor National Park.^[2][6]