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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).
1562 map of the Amazon River region. 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 is a timeline of the history of the city of Manaus, in Amazonas state, Brazil This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
The new Decree-Law stipulated that the Manaus Free Trade Zone would have an area of 10,000 km 2 (3,900 sq mi) with an industrial centre as well as an agricultural center and that these would be given the economic means to allow for regional development in order to lift the Amazon out of the economic isolation that it had fallen into at that ...
By Bruno Kelly and Jake Spring. MANAUS, Brazil (Reuters) -The river port in the Amazon rainforest's largest city of Manaus on Friday hit its lowest level since 1902, as a drought drains waterways ...
The Customs House of Manaus (Portuguese: Alfândega de Manaus), or Alfândega e Guardamoria, is an architectural complex composed of two buildings located in the center of the city, capital of Amazonas, in Brazil.
US President Joe Biden signs a proclamation designating November 17 as International Conservation Day during a tour of the Museu da Amazonia as he visits the Amazon Rainforest in Manaus, Brazil ...
Today, around fifty years after it was founded, the Manaus Free Trade Zone represents a virtuous Brazilian government development model that has managed to make a socio-economic base in the Amazon region feasible, promote the better productive and social integration of the region with the rest of Brazil, and guarantee national sovereignty over ...