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Amazonas

State

Amazonas is a state of Brazil in the North Region, in the country's northwestern corner, and is the largest Brazilian state by area at more than 1.5 million square kilometers, larger than Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay combined. It borders the Brazilian states of Roraima, Para, Mato Grosso, Rondonia and Acre, as well as Peru, Colombia and Venezuela; its capital, Manaus, sits deep within the Amazon rainforest.

Facts
Population
4,207,714 1
Area (sq km)
1,570,745.7 2
Admission Year
1889 3
Amazonas
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Manaus

Amazonas
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Acre, States or Territories

Associated With

Brazil, Countries

Has Capital

Manaus, Cities
Source Wikipedia: Manaus
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Sources
1. GeoNames: Amazonas
GeoNames geonameid 3665361 (Amazonas), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source
2. Amazonas (Brazilian state) (Wikipedia)
  • Wikipedia infobox 'area_total_km2' = '1570745.7' on 'Amazonas (Brazilian state)'
  • Part Of: Brazil
    Amazonas (, AM-ə-ZOHN-əs; pronounced [amaˈzõnɐs] ) is a state of Brazil, located in the North Region in the north-western corner of the country.
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3. Amazonas (Wikipedia)
History section
Quote, History section
It became a state under the First Brazilian Republic in 1889.
Wikidata: Amazonas
Wikidata Q40040, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
Wikipedia: Manaus
Wikimedia FoundationHas Capital: Manaus, Lead section
Quote, Has Capital: Manaus, Lead section
Manaus (Portuguese: [maˈnaws, mɐ-] ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas.
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