Manacapuru
Manacapuru | |
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 Location of the municipality inside Amazonas | |
| Coordinates: 3°17′59″S 60°37′14″W / 3.29972°S 60.62056°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | North |
| State | 
Amazonas |
| Founded | July 16, 1932 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Válcileia Flores Maciel (MDB) |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,336,579 km2 (2,832,669 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 101 883 |
| • Density | 12.89/km2 (33.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AMT) |
Manacapuru (Munychapur) is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Manacapuru is the third most populous city in the state. Its Human Development Index (HDI) in 2010 was 0.614, and its GDP per capita in 2021 was $2,717.89 (converted as of March 31, 2025).[1]
Population
[edit]The population of Manacapuru was 98,502 (2020)[2] and its area is 7,329 km2.[3] The city is one of the biggest in the state. It is located about 80 km (50 mi) upstream (west) from Manaus, at the point where the Manacapuru River flows into the Solimões River.
Main sights
[edit]The municipality contains about 19% of the Rio Negro Right Bank Environmental Protection Area, a 1,140,990 hectares (2,819,400 acres) sustainable use conservation unit that controls use of an area of Amazon rainforest along the Rio Negro above the junction with the Solimões River.[4] It also contains about 4% of the Rio Negro Sustainable Development Reserve, a 103,086 hectares (254,730 acres) sustainable use conservation unit created in 2008 in an effort to stop deforestation in the area, which is threatened due to its proximity to Manaus.[5]
Notable people
[edit]- Marcelinho – Footballer, playing for the Bulgaria national football team.
References
[edit]- ^ cidades.ibge.gov.br https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/am/manacapuru/panorama. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-01-09. Retrieved 2007-01-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ APA Margem Direita do Rio Negro (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-26
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - ^ RDS do Rio Negro (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-27
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