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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).
The history of Manaus, with over 350 years of existence, coincides with the history of Brazil. The process of European occupation began in the middle of the 16th century, when explorer Francisco de Orellana arrived from Peru and intended to go to Spain .
The following individuals were born in, have been residents of, or have been otherwise closely connected to Manaus, the capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
The port of Manaus, the region's most populous city, at the meeting of the Rio Negro and the Amazon River, recorded 13.59 meters (44.6 ft) of water on Monday compared to 17.60 a year ago ...
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This is a list of municipalities in Amazonas ordered by Human Development Index (HDI) according to data released by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) of the United Nations for the 2010. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Human Development Index was developed in 1990 by the Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq and the Indian economist Amartya Sen .
Adrianopólis is an upper class neighborhood in the South-Central Zone of Manaus, Amazonas. [1] The neighborhood's Human Development Index (HDI) is very high, and is the largest of the city's neighborhoods and similar to that of Norway. Its old name was Vila Municipal (Town Village), by its origins related to small villages.
Their territory, when first in contact with Spanish explorers in the 16th century, was on the Amazon River upstream from the present-day city of Manaus extending into Peru. They speak the Omagua language. The Omagua exist today in small numbers, but they were a populous, organized society in the late Pre-Columbian era.