Silves
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Key facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Region
- North
- State
- Amazonas
- Total
- 3,749 km (1,447 sq mi)
- Density
- 2.4/km (6.2/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC−4 ( AMT )
- Climate
- Af
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Encyclopedic overview
Silves or Ilha de Silves is an island municipality in the state of Amazonas, northern Brazil. It is located 10 km straight line north or about 40 km by water from the Amazon River, 200 kilometres (120 mi) east of Manaus (almost halfway between that city and the Amazonas-Pará state border). Its population was 9,230 (2020) and its area is 3,749 square kilometres (1,447 mi).
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Silves” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.