Rio Branco


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Rio Branco

(Portuguese ˈriu ˈbrəŋku)
n
1. (Placename) a city in W Brazil, capital of Acre state. Pop: 261 000 (2005 est)
2. (Placename) a river in Brazil, flowing south to the Rio Negro. Length: 644 km (400 miles)
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Ri•o Bran•co

(ˈri oʊ ˈbrɑŋ koʊ, -ˈbræŋ-)
n.
the capital of Acre, in W Brazil. 119,815.
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While celebrities and social media influencers are rallying to raise awareness about the situation, lawyer Gabriel Santos who lives in Rio Branco, in the heart of the Amazon, has taken a different approach.
Nurlan Seitimov, Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, who arrived in Brazil on a working visit, held bilateral meetings with the Deputy Foreign Minister of Brazil, Ambassador Claudia Buzzi, and Gisela Padovan, Director of the Rio Branco Institute (Brazilian Diplomatic Academy) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, as well as adopted the Action Plan for 2020-2021 on the implementation of the Memorandum of Cooperation between the Academy of Public Administration under the President of Kazakhstan and the Rio Branco Institute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, the press service of the MFA said.
Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation owner Sheikh Hamad bin Saoud al-Thani receiving the Order of Rio Branco sash from Brazilian ambassador Roberto Abdalla on Sunday at the embassy.
His awards and honors included the Order of Isabella the Catholic from Spain, the Order of May from Argentina, the Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and the Order of Rio Branco from Brazil.
Os municipios avaliados foram Astolfo Dutra (21[degrees]21'37"S, 42[degrees]52'89"O e 558 m de altitude), Coimbra (20[degrees]51'24"S, 42[degrees]48'10"O e 720 m de altitude), Vicosa (20[degrees]43'13"S, 42[degrees]52'55"O e 705 m de altitude) e Visconde do Rio Branco (21[degrees]00'41"S, 42[degrees]52'36"O e 389 m de altitude).
Michel Temer awarded him, with the Order of Rio Branco by the Decree of April 18th, 2018.
The second specimen (UFAC 503) was captured manually in January 2013, on the main campus of the Federal University of Acre, in Rio Branco (9[degrees]57'26"S, 67[degrees]52'25"W), both in the state of Acre, northwestern Brazil.