Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre

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Cruzeiro do Sul
Municipality
Municipality of Cruzeiro do Sul
City centre, Catedral Nossa Senhora da Glória, alongside Juruá River, Acre, Brazil.
Flag Seal
Nickname:  Land of the Nahuas (Portuguese: Terra dos Nauas)
Location in Acre
Cruzeiro do Sul Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 7°37′51″S 72°40′12″W / 7.63083°S 72.67000°W / -7.63083; -72.67000
Country	Brazil
Region	North
State	Acre
Founded	September 12, 1904
Government
• Mayor	Ilderlei Cordeiro (MDB)
Area
• Total	7,924.943 km2 (3,059.838 sq mi)
Elevation	182 m (597 ft)
Population  (2020 est)
• Total	89,072
• Density	8.94/km2 (23.2/sq mi)
Demonym	cruzeirense[1]
Time zone	UTC−5 (ACT)
CEP postal code	69980-000
Area code	+55 68
HDI (2010)	0.664 – medium[2]
Website	cruzeirodosul.ac.gov.br

Cruzeiro do Sul (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɾuˈzejɾu du ˈsuw], Southern Cross) is a municipality located on the Juruá river in the west of the Brazilian state of Acre. It is the second-largest city in Acre.

It is bordered to the north by the state of Amazonas, to the south by Peru, to the east by the municipality of Porto Walter, to the west by the municipality of Rodrigues Alves, to the northwest by the municipality of Tarauacá, and to the northwest by the municipality of Mâncio Lima.

The municipality contains 23% of the 846,633 hectares (2,092,080 acres) Serra do Divisor National Park, created in 1989.^[3]