Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia – Travel Guide

Guajará-Mirim is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. It is located at an altitude of 128 meters. Its population was 46,556 (2020) and its area is 24,856 km.

The municipality contains the 22,540-hectare (55,700-acre) Traçadal Biological Reserve, a strictly protected area that was created in 1990. It contains 2.33% of the 216,568-hectare (535,150-acre) Guajará-Mirim State Park, created in 1990. It contains the 46,438-hectare (114,750-acre) Rio Ouro Preto Biological Reserve, created in 1990. It contains 73.45% of the 204,632-hectare (505,660-acre) Rio Ouro Preto Extractive Reserve, also created in 1990. The municipality contains 47.5% of the 146,400-hectare (362,000-acre) Rio Cautário State Extractive Reserve, created in 1995. It contains the 73,818-hectare (182,410-acre) Rio Cautário Federal Extractive Reserve, created in 2001.

Guajará-Mirim lies along the Mamoré River, just across the Bolivian border town of Guayaramerín. It was once the southern terminus of the Estrada de Ferro Madeira-Mamoré (the Madeira-Mamoré Railway), which was inaugurated in 1912. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Guajará-Mirim.

Bolivia has a Consulate in Guajará-Mirim, Brazil, whereas Brazil has a Consulate in neighboring Guayaramerín, Bolivia.


Source: Wikipedia — Guajará-Mirim