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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. [28]
Manaus (Portuguese: [mɐˈnaws, ma-] ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. It is the seventh-largest city in Brazil, with an estimated 2022 population of 2,063,689 distributed over a land area of about 11,401 km 2 (4,402 sq mi).
By 1920, there was practically no more latex extraction and Brazil contributed only 2% of world production. [29] In the same year, Acre was dismembered from Amazonas, becoming a territory and, in 1962, a state. [30] With the end of the rubber production cycle, the economy of Amazonas went into decline once again.
In September 2019, the US and Brazil agreed to promote private-sector development in the Amazon. They also pledged a $100m biodiversity conservation fund for the Amazon led by the private sector. Brazil's foreign minister stated that opening the rainforest to economic development was the only way to protect it. [107]
This is a list of governors of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Imperial period. Presidents of the Province # Name: Start of term: End of term: 1:
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Amazonas (AM), located in the North Region of Brazil. Amazonas is divided into 62 municipalities . Municipalities of Amazonas, Brazil
Amazonas state — the Brazilian state located in the Amazon Basin and North Region of Brazil. Amazonas state location in Brazil Subcategories. This category has the ...
The Amazon Theatre (Portuguese: Teatro Amazonas) is an opera house located in Manaus, in the heart of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. It is the location of the annual Festival Amazonas de Ópera (Amazonas Opera Festival) and the home of the Amazonas Philharmonic Orchestra which regularly rehearses and performs at the Amazon Theatre along with choirs, musical concerts and other performances.