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Borba, Amazonas
Borba is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the state of Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas in northern Brazil. Location Borba is located on the banks of the Madeira River around south of Manaus. Its population was 41,748 (2020) and its area is 44,251 km². The city is the seat of the Territorial Prelature of Borba. The municipality contains 46% of the Rio Madeira Sustainable Development Reserve, created in 2006. It contains about 10% of the Matupiri State Park, created in 2009 along the Matupiri River. It fully contains the Matupiri Sustainable Development Reserve, created in 2009. It contain 21% of the Igapó-Açu Sustainable Development Reserve, also created in 2009. Borba also contains about 60% of the Acari National Park created by president Dilma Rousseff in 2016 in the last week before her provisional removal from office. History Founded in 1728 as the Jesuit mission Aldea Trocano by Portuguese Padre João Sampaio. In 1755, it became the first ''vila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sovereign States
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 206 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 UN member states, 2 UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and 11 other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (16 states, of which there are 6 UN member states, 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and 9 de facto states), and states having a special political status (2 states, both in free association with New Zealand). Compiling a list such as this can be a complicated and controversial process, as there is no definition that is binding on all the members of the community of nations concerni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio Madeira Sustainable Development Reserve
The Rio Madeira Sustainable Development Reserve ( pt, Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável do Rio Madeira) is a Sustainable development reserve (Brazil), sustainable development reserve in the state of Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas, Brazil. Location The Rio Madeira Sustainable Development Reserve is divided between the municipalities of Manicoré (15.22%), Borba, Amazonas, Borba (46.1%) and Novo Aripuanã (38.68%) in the state of Amazonas. It has an area of . The reserve is contiguous to other conservation units that make up the Matupiri-Igapó Açu mosaic. The reserve extends along the left (northwest) bank of the Madeira River. The town of Novo Aripuanã on the right bank is opposite the centre of the reserve. It adjoins the Matupiri State Park to the north of the western section, and the Matupiri Sustainable Development Reserve to the north of the eastern section. It is bounded to the east by the Arary Indigenous Territory. Environment The reserve is drained by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captaincy Of Rio Negro
A captaincy ( es, capitanía , pt, capitania , hr, kapetanija) is a historical administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires. It was instituted as a method of organization, directly associated with the home-rule administrations of medieval feudal governments in which the monarch delimited territories for colonization that were administered by men of confidence. The same term was or is used in some other countries, such as Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Ottoman Empire, Slovakia or Austria. Captaincy system Portuguese Empire The Captaincies of the Portuguese Empire were developed successively, based on the original donatário system established by King John I of Portugal in Madeira, and expanded with each successive new colony discovered.Susana Goulart Costa (2008), p.232 Prince Henry the Navigator instituted the Captaincy system to promote development of Portuguese discoveries, but it was in the Azores, where this system effectively functioned. The p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João Sampaio
João is the Portuguese equivalent of the given name John. The diminutive is Joãozinho and the feminine is Joana. It is widespread in Portuguese-speaking countries. Notable people with the name are enumerated in the sections below. Kings * João I of Kongo, ruled 1470–1509 * João II of Lemba or João Manuel II of Kongo, ruled 1680–1716 * Dharmapala of Kotte, last King of the Kingdom of Kotte, reigned 1551–1597 Princes * João Manuel, Hereditary Prince of Portugal (1537–1554), son of John III * Infante João, Duke of Beja (1842–1861) Arts and literature * João Bosco, Brazilian musician * João Cabral de Melo Neto, Brazilian poet and diplomat * Joao Constancia, Filipino singer, actor and dancer * João Donato, Brazilian musician * João de Deus de Nogueira Ramos, Portuguese poet * João Gilberto, Brazilian musician * João Guimarães Rosa, Brazilian novelist, short story writer, and diplomat * João Miguel (actor), Brazilian actor * João Nogueira, Brazilian musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesuit
, image = Ihs-logo.svg , image_size = 175px , caption = ChristogramOfficial seal of the Jesuits , abbreviation = SJ , nickname = Jesuits , formation = , founders = , founding_location = , type = Order of clerics regular of pontifical right (for men) , headquarters = Generalate:Borgo S. Spirito 4, 00195 Roma-Prati, Italy , coords = , region_served = Worldwide , num_members = 14,839 members (includes 10,721 priests) as of 2020 , leader_title = Motto , leader_name = la, Ad Majorem Dei GloriamEnglish: ''For the Greater Glory of God'' , leader_title2 = Superior General , leader_name2 = Fr. Arturo Sosa, SJ , leader_title3 = Patron saints , leader_name3 = , leader_title4 = Ministry , leader_name4 = Missionary, educational, literary works , main_organ = La Civiltà Cattolica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dilma Rousseff
Dilma Vana Rousseff (; born 14 December 1947) is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the 36th president of Brazil, holding the position from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016. She is the first woman to have held the Brazilian presidency and had previously served as chief of staff to former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from 2005 to 2010. Rousseff was raised in an upper middle class household in Belo Horizonte. She became a socialist in her youth and after the 1964 coup d'état joined left-wing and Marxist urban guerrilla groups that fought against the military dictatorship. Rousseff was captured, tortured, and jailed from 1970 to 1972. by Bradley Brooks, Associated Press, 31 October 2010. Retrieved from Internet Archive 11 January 2014. After her release, Rousseff rebuilt her life in Porto Alegre with her husband Carlos Araújo. They both helped to found the Democratic Labour Party (PDT) in Rio Grande do Sul, and partic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acari National Park
Acari National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional do Acari) is a national park in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Location The Acari National Park covers parts of the municipalities of Apuí (11.77%), Borba (59.55%) and Novo Aripuanã (28.68%) in Amazonas. It is north of the BR-230 Trans-Amazonian Highway in the Apuí – Jacareacanga section. The Urupadi National Forest and the Alto Maués Ecological Station border the park to the east. It has an area of . It is in the Amazon biome. History The Acari National Park was created by federal decree on 11 May 2016. It is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio). The objective is to protect the biological diversity of the Acari, Camaiú, Sucunduri and Abacaxis rivers and their tributaries and the physical landscape, to ensure sustainability of the ecosystem services, to contribute to environmental stability in the region and to provide for development of recreational activities in contact with natu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igapó-Açu Sustainable Development Reserve
The Igapó-Açu Sustainable Development Reserve ( pt, Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Igapó-Açu) is a sustainable development reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It is part of a "green barrier" created to prevent deforestation along the BR-319 highway. Location The Igapó-Açu Sustainable Development Reserve is divided between the municipalities of Manicoré (21.9%), Borba (21%) and Beruri (57.1%) in the state of Amazonas. It has an area of . The reserve covers a corridor of land along both sides of a stretch of the BR-319 highway. The Matupiri State Park adjoins it to the south. In the southeast it adjoins the Rio Amapá Sustainable Development Reserve and the Nascentes do Lago Jari National Park. The vegetation is mainly Amazon rainforest. The residents are mainly farmers, either leaseholders or small landowners. History The Igapó-Açu Sustainable Development Reserve was created by Amazonas state decree 28420 of 27 March 2009. The conservation unit, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matupiri Sustainable Development Reserve
The Matupiri Sustainable Development Reserve ( pt, Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável do Matupiri) is a sustainable development reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Location The Matupiri Sustainable Development Reserve is in the municipality of Borba, Amazonas. It has an area of . The reserve is in the basin of the Madeira River. The Cunhã-Sapucaia Indigenous Territory adjoins the reserve to the north. To the east it adjoins the Matupiri State Park. To the south it adjoins the Rio Madeira Sustainable Development Reserve. The Matupiri River crosses the western portion of the reserve from southwest to northeast and then forms part of the boundary between the reserve and the Cunhã-Sapucaia Indigenous Territory. History The Matupiri Sustainable Development Reserve was created by decree 28423 of 27 March 2009. It was one of five conservation units created to meet some of the environmental licensing requirements for the work to upgrade the BR-319 highway from Porto Velho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matupiri River
The Matupiri River ( pt, Rio Matupiri) is a river of Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. It is a tributary of the Igapó-Açu River. Course The Matupiri River forms in the Rio Amapá Sustainable Development Reserve where the Jutaí River (Matupiri), Jutaí and Novo River (Matupiri), Novo rivers converge. The Matupiri River runs through the centre of the Matupiri State Park from southwest to northeast, and provides the main way to access the interior of the park. It then runs through the northwest corner of the Matupiri Sustainable Development Reserve and then through the Cunhã-Sapucaia Indigenous Territory, within which it enters the Igapó-Açu River. See also *List of rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state), List of rivers of Amazonas References Rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state) {{AmazonasBR-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matupiri State Park
Matupiri State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual do Matupiri) is a state park in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It protects a rich area of Amazon rainforest and an ecologically important area of woodland savanna along the Matupiri River. Unusually for a state park, it includes an "indigenous special use zone" that allows the Mura people to continue to fish and extract forest products, as they have for many generations. Location Matupiri State Park is divided between the municipalities of Borba (9.95%) and Manicoré (90.05%) in the state of Amazonas. It has an area of . The park is to the south of the BR-319 highway. It is in the Médio Madeira microregion of Amazonas. The park is in the Purus - Madeira inter-fluvial region, in the basins of the Matupiri and Amapá rivers. The Matupiri river runs through the centre of the park from southwest to northeast, and provides the main way to access the interior of the park. To the southeast it adjoins the Rio Madeira Sustainable Development ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Territorial Prelature Of Borba
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Borba ( la, Dioecesis Borbensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese located in the city of Borba, Amazonas, in the ecclesiastical province of Manaus in Brazil. History * 13 July 1963: Established as Territorial Prelature of Borba from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manaus and Territorial Prelature of Parintins * 18 November 2022: Promoted as Diocese of Borba Bishops * Prelates of Borba (Latin Rite) ** Adriano Jaime Miriam Veigle, T.O.R. (1964.06.18 – 1988.07.06) ** José Afonso Ribeiro, T.O.R. The Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance or simply the Third Order Regular of St. Francis ( la, Tertius Ordo Regularis Sancti Francisci) is a mendicant order rooted in the Third Order of St. Francis which was founded in 1221. The me ... (1988.07.06 – 2006.05.03) ** Elói Róggia, S.A.C. (2006.05.03 – 2017.09.20) ** Zenildo Luiz Pereira da Silva, C.Ss.R. (2017.09.20 - 2022.11.18) * Diocesan Bishops ** Zenildo Luiz Pereira da Silva, C.Ss.R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
