Officially in Portuguese, the city is called Manaus, and is the capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. It lies at the mouth of the Negro River in the Amazon. Between 1870 and 1910, the city became famous for the rubber boom, as the region was the only rubber supplier for a long time to the rest of the world. Today, the place is known mainly for its historic buildings and the Amazonas Theater (Our Reference), and as a tourist starting point for excursions through the very diverse jungle that surrounds the city.
Geographically
Manaus is located at an altitude of 92m on the left east bank of the Negro River, about eleven kilometers west of the confluence with the Solimões River in the upper Amazon basin, in the middle of the jungle. From then on, the Solimões River is called the Amazon again, just like before the Brazilian border. There are about 1,700 kilometers along the Amazon and 1,500 kilometers, until the mouth of the Amazon in the Atlantic Ocean in Belém Pará.
There are numerous small towns in the area, which include: Careiro Castanho, Manacapuru and Manaquiri, Iranduba, etc., Careiro da Várzea, Itacoatiara, Novo Airão, Presidente Figueiredo and Rio Preto da Eva, however, were incorporated on May 23 2007 by the Manaus Metropolitan Region project and are now part of the city.
Population growth
The population of Manaus in 2019 was 2,182,763, according to IBGE estimates:based on data from 2010, Manaus is currently the seventh largest city in Brazil.
8. Climate
Due to the proximity of the equator (3*south latitude) there are only two seasons in the year. Therefore instead of four seasons only the summer and winter seasons are differentiated. The climate is humid and tropical which means it is hot all year round and the air is very humid.
During the rainy season from December to May, heavy rains fall almost daily. Annual rainfall is 2,272 mm. Average temperatures for individual months of the year vary only
slightly between 26 c and 28 c. Maximum daily temperatures are generally between 30 and 40 c from June to the end of September.
Public transportation
There are no trains or trams, public transport only consists of several bus routes. Currently these road lines are not planned. You get on the bus through the back door and get out the front. There is a turnstile between the two doors where the cashier sits. He collects the fair, which is the same per trip regardless of the distance travelled.There is also the option to purchase tickets in
advance and return them to the cashier instead of cash. An electronic buss access system is planned for the future.
Long-distance rail and road transport
In addition to the roads to the smaller neighbouring cities, there is online road connection that leads to Venezuela via Boa Vista, the capital of the neighbouring state of Roraima.This road BR-174, is the only land connection from Brazil to Venezuela. Manaus can only be reached by boat or plane.There are regular ship connections throughout the Amazon to the cities of Parintins,
Santarem and Belem for example.
Port
The quays and docks in the port are floating docks, as the water level varies up to fourteen meters between the rainy and dry seasons. Rodway the pier of the port, as our port is called, are 300 meters long and were built between 1900 and 1902 by English engineers from B. Rymkiewicz & Comp. Construction. After the port was opened, it quickly developed in the city center, where English cafes, bars, restaurants, fashion boutiques and import companies were established. Even today, the port is the center of the city, close to which there are many shops.
Manaus International Airport
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Eduardo Gomes International Airport in Manaus was opened on March 31, 1976 and is located 13 kilometers from the city center. It has a runway 2700 meters long and 45 meters wide, two cargo terminals that opened in 1976 and 1980 and two passenger terminals with four arrival and eight departure rooms, seven hangars and six aircraft anchor points, five of them are fixed and mobile passenger boarding bridges.
The annual volume of passengers is about 1.8 million people, making it the fifth most popular airport in Brazil. If you look at the volume of freight, which is 33,785 tons per year, the airport is the second largest in Brazil to receive massive tons of products.
Culture and sights
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The main tourist attraction is the jungle that surrounds the city, considered the region with the greatest biodiversity (biodiversity) in the world. Scientists assume that between five and ten million species live in the region around Manaus. The tourism industry took advantage of this fact and offers numerous trips to the jungle.
Beaches
Despite the piranhas and nocturnal alligators, bathing in Manaus is relatively safe. There are countless beautiful sandy beaches on the rivers, of which the best known are Praia da Lua, Dourada and Tupé.
Ponta Negra is the public beach where concerts and events take place. Here are bars, beach volleyball courts and the exclusive Hotel Tropical, which has its own small animal zoo (currently under renovation). Ponta Negra is located 13 kilometers northwest of the city center. From time to time, small festivals and other events take place here.