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Porto Velho is a Brazilian municipality and the capital of the state of Rondônia . With a population of 548,952 inhabitants, according to estimates by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE/2020), it is the most populous municipality in Rondônia and the third most populous in the North Region , after Manaus and Belém . Among all Brazilian municipalities, it is the 46th most populous , appearing in the same year as the 21st state capital in the country with the most inhabitants .
With an area of 34,090.95 km², Porto Velho is the largest state capital in the country, being larger than even two Brazilian states ( Alagoas and Sergipe ), in addition to surpassing entire countries such as Belgium and Israel . It is also the most populous border municipality in Brazil and the only state capital whose territory borders another country, this being Bolivia . [ 7 ]
Located on the east bank of the Madeira River , in the Northern Region of Brazil , Porto Velho was founded by the American company Madeira Mamoré Railway Company on July 4, 1907, during the construction of the Madeira-Mamoré Railway , commanded by the American magnate Percival Farquhar . On October 2, 1914, it was legally created as a municipality of Amazonas , becoming the capital of the state of Rondônia in 1943, when the Federal Territory of Guaporé was created . In 1956 the territory was renamed Rondônia, being elevated to the category of state (subdivision) on January 4, 1982. [ 8 ]
In economic terms, the city has the fourth largest GDP in the North Region , after Manaus, Belém and Parauapebas , in addition to being the state capital that has grown the most economically in the country, with GDP growth of 30.2% in 2009. [ 9 ] In 2018, Porto Velho's GDP was estimated at R$16.6 billion.
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