Rondonia

Official website: http://www.rondonia.ro.gov.br

Flag of Rondônia

Map of Rondônia

Capital: Porto Velho
Area: 238,512 km2
Important cities: Ji-Paraná, Ariquemes, Cacoal, Vilhena
Economy: agriculture and minerals

The name Rondônia is a tribute to Cândido Rondon, who in the early 1900s laid telegraph lines untilthe western border of the Brazilian Amazon.
Two reasons have brought Rondônia to the headlines of newspapers in Brazil and the world: the fast development of what just a few decades ago was a region lost in the middle of the jungle, and the ecological problems that the development brings along.


Physical Geography Rondônia has cerrados in the middle of the jungle

History The opening of a road changed the History of Rondônia

Travel to Rondônia Travel and cultural information about Rondônia and cities.

Economy and Infrastructure The new agricultural frontier of Brazil

More info and photos of Rondônia Other sites about Rondônia

Latest News Recent information about Rondônia, Porto Velho and the region

Read also: Rondônia Web. Information about some cities of Rondônia, written by Professor James Hayes-Bohanan, from Bridgewater State College, Massachusetts.


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