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The Balbina Dam was built from 1985 to 1989 and is managed by Manaus Energia, under the Eletronorte system. The first of five generators began operating in February 1989. The dam has an installed capacity of 250 megawatts (340,000 hp) and floods a 2,360-square-kilometre (910 sq mi) ar
The Javari-Buriti Area of Relevant Ecological Interest (ARIE) is in the municipality of Santo Antônio do Içá, Amazonas. It has an area of 15,000 hectares (37,000 acres). [1] [a] It is bonded to the east by the Jutaí-Solimões Ecological Station and to the north by the Solimões River. The western boundary is a few kilometers east of a ...
The history of Amazonas is the result of treaties, religious missions and a few indigenous rebellions in the Amazon territory. Initially, under the Treaty of Tordesillas , the site belonged to the Spanish Kingdom, but was later annexed by the Portuguese Crown. [ 1 ]
'Naked and Savage'), [2] also known as Amazonas and Cannibal Ferox II, [4] is a 1985 cannibal film directed by Michele Massimo Tarantini under the pseudonym Michael E. Lemick. An international co-production of Italy and Brazil, [ 2 ] the film was written by Tarantini with Dardano Sacchetti , and stars Michael Sopkiw , Suzane Carvalho, Milton ...
Amazonas is the Brazilian state with the biggest indigenous population, and 53 out of the known 274 indigenous languages in Brazil are spoken in Amazonas. [ 27 ] According to a 2013 genetic study, the ancestry of the inhabitants of Manaus is 45.9% European, 37.8% Native American and 16.3% African.
In 1985, the last resident left. [3] [1] From 1985, the Brazilian Navy started using the site as a target for firing practices by its ships until 2005, when the town was listed as a landmark by the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage (IPHAN). Since 2005, around seven families have moved back to the area, establishing their ...
The BR-230 or Transamazônica is a transversal highway, considered the third longest highway in Brazil, with 4260 km in length, that connects the port city of Cabedelo in Paraíba with the municipality of Lábrea, in Amazonas, cutting through some of bá, Altamira and Itaituba. It also connects with ports on the Northeast coast, like Suape Port ...
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