Buritis, Rondônia
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Buritis is a municipality
located in the Brazilian state of Rondônia
. Its population was 40,120 (2005) and its area is 3,266 km².. The city consists largely of unpaved, dirt packed roads. There is one large grocery store of the Goncalves chain. Buritis has one stoplight. Surrounding and outlying farmers rely on Buritis to supply goods and replenish supplies. The city has a democratic government with a mayor and eight sitting Council members for each of the eight sectors. The climate is tropical/equatorial with few variations in temperature and climate from month to month.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
located in the Brazilian state of Rondônia
Rondônia
Rondônia is a state in Brazil, located in the north-western part of the country. To the west is a short border with the state of Acre, to the north is the state of Amazonas, in the east is Mato Grosso, and in the south is Bolivia. Its capital is Porto Velho. The state was named after Candido Rondon...
. Its population was 40,120 (2005) and its area is 3,266 km².. The city consists largely of unpaved, dirt packed roads. There is one large grocery store of the Goncalves chain. Buritis has one stoplight. Surrounding and outlying farmers rely on Buritis to supply goods and replenish supplies. The city has a democratic government with a mayor and eight sitting Council members for each of the eight sectors. The climate is tropical/equatorial with few variations in temperature and climate from month to month.