Manaus
Sign in to saveManaus () is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. It is the seventh-largest city in Brazil, with an estimated 2024 population of 2,279,686 distributed over a land area of about . Located at the east centre of the state, the city is the centre of the Manaus metropolitan area and the largest metropolitan area in the North Region of Brazil by urban landmass. It is situated near the confluence of the Negro and Amazon rivers. It is one of the two cities in the Amazon rainforest with a population of over 1 million people, alongside Belém.
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Manaus is the capital and largest city of Brazil's Amazonas state, situated where the Negro and Amazon rivers meet, and is home to nearly 2.3 million people, making it Brazil's seventh-largest city. It matters as one of only two cities with over a million inhabitants located within the Amazon rainforest, and serves as the hub of the North Region's largest metropolitan area.
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- Município de ManausMunicipality of Manaus
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- ' (The Paris of the Tropics); ' (Mother of the Gods)
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52 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Early settlement of Manaus
- Cabanagem
- Rubber boom
- Free zone
- Recent events
- Geography
- Vegetation
- Green areas
- Climate
- Hydrology
- Demographics
- Religion
- Districts and regions
- Metropolitan region
- Regions
- Neighborhoods
- Economy
- Free Trade Zone
- Government and politics
- Education, science and technology
- Transportation
- Airports
- Highways
- Port
- Taxis
- Bus
- Events and holidays
- Sights and attractions
- Culture
- Amazonas Opera House
- Parks
- Public swimming areas
- Meeting of Waters
- CIGS Zoo
- Beaches and waterfalls
- Sports
- Football
- 2014 FIFA World Cup
- Brazilian jiu-jitsu
- Consular representations
- International relations
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Notable people
- In popular culture
- See also
- Explanatory notes
- References
- Citations
- General bibliography
- External links
Manaus () is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. It is the seventh-largest city in Brazil, with an estimated 2024 population of 2,279,686 distributed over a land area of about . Located at the east centre of the state, the city is the centre of the Manaus metropolitan area and the largest metropolitan area in the North Region of Brazil by urban landmass. It is situated near the confluence of the Negro and Amazon rivers. It is one of the two cities in the Amazon rainforest with a population of over 1 million people, alongside Belém.
The city was founded in 1669 as the Fort of São José do Rio Negro. It was elevated to a town in 1832 with the name of "Manaus", an altered spelling of the indigenous Manaós peoples, and legally transformed into a city on October 24, 1848, with the name of Cidade da Barra do Rio Negro, Portuguese for "The City of the Margins of the Black River". On September 4, 1856, it returned to the name "Manaus".
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