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The Port of Manaus is a riverport located on the Rio Negro in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. The Port of Manaus is an important commercial center for ocean-going vessels traveling the Amazon. In fact, it is the main transport hub for the entire upper Amazon basin. It imports beef from the hinterlands and exports hides and leather.
Port of Manaus. Ships dock at the main port in Manaus directly downtown on the banks of the Negro River. The terraced city is home to a network of bridged channels that divide it into several compartments. Several mobile phone companies have manufacturing plants in the port area, and other major electronics manufacturers also have plants there.
It was built in the first decade of the 20th century and is currently part of the Architectural Complex of the Port of Manaus, listed as a national historic site in 1987. [1] Both buildings were constructed by the English firm Manaos Harbour Limited as part of the concession contract for the city's port.
It was then amended by rapporteur Maurício Jopper, engineer, who by agreement with the original author, justified the creation of a free economic zone instead of a free trade port. [1] For the first ten years the ZFM (Manaus Free Trade Zone) was located in a warehouse rented from Manaus Harbour, in the Port of Manaus, and relied on federal ...
Monument Abertura dos Portos (English: Monument to the Opening of the Ports) is located in the Largo de São Sebastião, in front of the Amazon Theatre, in the city of Manaus, Brazil. It was inaugurated in 1900 to commemorate the liberation of the ports of the Amazon River to foreign trade, in 1866.
Port region of Manaus, c. 1970. In 1991, the municipality exceeded 1 million inhabitants, and in 2014 it exceeded 2 million, doubling its population in 23 years. It is currently the 26th most populous city in America and the 7th most populous in Brazil, housing almost half the population of Amazonas.
Port of Antonina; Port of Belém; Port of Itajaí; Port of Manaus; Port of Natal; Port of Paranaguá; Port of Pecém; Port of Porto Alegre; Port of Rio de Janeiro; Port of Rio Grande; Port of Salvador; Port of Santana; Port of Santarém; Port of Santos; Port of São Francisco do Sul; Port of Tubarão; Porto do Itaqui
For 6 km (3.7 mi) the waters of the two rivers run side by side without mixing. This phenomenon is one of the main tourist attractions of Manaus. The river then flows another 60 km (37 mi) before mixing fully, but the phenomenon persists incompletely for another 30 km (19 mi). [1]