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.
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In the Other Atlases
- Also in Language Atlas: Anauyá language, found there there.
- Also in Language Atlas: Baniwa of Icana, found there there.
- Also in Language Atlas: Bora-Witoto languages, found there there.
- Also in Language Atlas: Cararí language, found there there.
- Also in Language Atlas: Himarima language, found there there.
- Also in Language Atlas: Maipure language, found there there.
- Also in Language Atlas: Manao language, found there there.
- Also in Language Atlas: Marawá language, found there there.
- Also in Language Atlas: Matanawi language, found there there.
- Also in Language Atlas: Mepuri language, found there there.
- Also in Language Atlas: Pasé language, found there there.
- Also in Language Atlas: Wainumá-Mariaté language, found there there.
- Also in Language Atlas: Yabaâna language, found there there.
- Also in Language Atlas: Yumana language, found there there.
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)'View the Source 3. Amazonas (Wikipedia)
History sectionQuote, 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, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ManausQuote, Has Capital: Manaus, Lead section, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manaus
Manaus is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas.
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