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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,English)
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Acre (Portuguese)
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Acre (Spanish)
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Estado do Acre (C,V,O)
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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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BR01 (C,U,FIPS)
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Territorio do Acre (C,U)
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Território Federal do Acre (C,U)
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Estado de Acre (C,U,Spanish)
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Acre (state) (P) |
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Additional Parents: |
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Norte (region (geographic)) (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 |
first level subdivision (C) |
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agricultural land (C) |
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jungle (C) |
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