Acre (Brasil)

"El Acre es uno de los 26 estados que junto con el distrito federal forman la República Federativa del Brasil. Está localizado en el noroeste del país. Ubicado al sudoeste del estado del Amazonas, al este hace frontera con el estado de Rondonia, al sur está Bolivia, y al oeste se encuentra el Perú. Ocupa un área de 164.122,2 km² y tiene 758.786 hab. La capital es Rio Branco y sus ciudades más pobladas son: Rio Branco, Cruzeiro do Sul, Tarauacá, Sena Madureira y Brasiléia. Una planicie con una altura media de 200 m domina gran parte del Acre. Juruá, Tarauacá, Muru, Embirá y Xapuri son sus ríos más importantes. Antes de 2008, Acre era el único estado de Brasil que se encuentra íntegramente en el quinto huso horario al Oeste del Meridiano de Greenwich (UTC 5). A partir de 2008, Acre pasó a tener una hora menos con relación a Brasilia (UTC 4); sin embargo, en noviembre de 2010 volvió a su anterior huso horario: UTC 5."

"Acre (Brazilian Portuguese: [aki]) is a state located in the northern region of Brazil. Located in the westernmost part of the country with a two hours time difference from Brasília, Acre is bordered clockwise by Amazonas to the north and northeast, Rondônia to the east, the Bolivian department of Pando to the southeast, and the Peruvian regions of Madre de Dios, Ucayali and Loreto to the south and west. It occupies an area of 152,581.4 km2, being slightly smaller than Tunisia. Its capital and largest city is Rio Branco. Other important places include Cruzeiro do Sul, Sena Madureira, Tarauacá and Feijó. The intense extractive activity, which reached its height in the 20th century, attracted Brazilians from many regions to the state. From the mixture of sulista, Southeast Brazil, nordestino, and indigenous traditions arose a diverse cuisine, which unites sun-dried meat (carne-de-sol) with pirarucu, a typical fish of the region. Such dishes are seasoned with tucupi, a sauce made from manioc. Fluvial transport, concentrated on the Juruá and Moa rivers, in the western part of the state, and the Tarauacá and Envira Rivers in the northwest, is the principal form of circulation, especially between November and June, when the rain leaves the BR-364 impassable, which connects Rio Branco to Cruzeiro do Sul."