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Manaus

South America

Manaus is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas, the seventh-largest city in Brazil, with an estimated 2024 population of about 2.28 million spread across the Amazon rainforest. Built on the wealth of the late nineteenth-century rubber boom, symbolized by its ornate Amazon Theatre opera house, Manaus today functions as the main gateway to the Brazilian Amazon and a free-trade manufacturing zone deep in the rainforest, accessible mainly by river and air.

Facts
Population
2,279,686 1
Area (sq km)
11,401 1
Founding Year
1669 1
Population Estimate Year
2024 1
Elevation (m)
92 2
Latitude
3.118889 degrees south 2
Longitude
60.021667 degrees west 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Tropical 4
Time Zone
UTC-04:00 3
Connections

Associated With

Brazil, Countries
The Amazon River, Bodies of Water

Capital Of

Amazonas, States or Territories
Source Wikipedia: Manaus
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Manaus
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manaus
    It is the seventh-largest city in Brazil, with an estimated 2024 population of 2,279,686 distributed over a land area of about 11,401 km2 (4,402 sq mi).
  • Lead section (estimate year), en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manaus
    It is the seventh-largest city in Brazil, with an estimated 2024 population of 2,279,686 distributed over a land area of about 11,401 km2 (4,402 sq mi).
  • Lead section (area figure), en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manaus
    It is the seventh-largest city in Brazil, with an estimated 2024 population of 2,279,686 distributed over a land area of about 11,401 km2 (4,402 sq mi).
  • Lead section
    The city was founded in 1669 as the Fort of São José do Rio Negro.
  • In Group: Cities of South America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Manaus (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude -3.118889, longitude -60.021667
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 92 m
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3. GeoNames: Manaus - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 3663517
    -3.10194 -60.025 P PPLA BR 04 1302603 2219580 20 America/Manaus
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 20 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -3.25, -60.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -3.25, -60.25
-3.25 -60.25 Af
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Wikidata: Manaus
Wikidata Q40236, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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