Xapuri
Xapuri | |
|---|---|
Church of Saint Sebastian. | |
Location of municipality in Acre State | |
| Coordinates: 10°39′07″S 68°30′14″W / 10.65194°S 68.50389°W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | North |
| State | Acre |
| Founded | 1883 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Francisco Ubiracy Machado de Vasconcelos (PT) |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,251 km2 (2,027 sq mi) |
| Population (2022 ) | |
• Total | 18,243 |
| • Density | 3.01/km2 (7.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (ACT) |
Xapuri (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʃapuˈɾi]) is a municipality located in the southeast of the Brazilian state of Acre. It was the scene of an early bloodless victory during the war to make Acre independent of Bolivia. The town is known as the birthplace of the rubber tapper and environmentalist Chico Mendes and of the surgeon and professor Adib Jatene.