Mâncio Lima
Mâncio Lima | |
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Location of municipality in Acre State | |
Mâncio Lima Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 07°36′50″S 72°53′45″W / 7.61389°S 72.89583°W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| State | Acre |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,804 sq mi (4,672 km2) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 19,294 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (ACT) |
Mâncio Lima (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmɐ̃sju ˈlimɐ]) 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, it had a population of 19,294.
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.