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Maués
Maués is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 65,040 (2020) and its area is 39,988 km². Geography and location Maués is known as the "Land of Guaraná". There are sandy beaches, and Maues summer festival and Guarana festival. The Mundurucus and Maues Indians cultivated the guarana fruit, which is the basis for the famous Brazilian soft drink. Maués means "talking parrots" and it is originated from one of the Indian clans in the region. Maués has 22.000 inhabitants with another 20.000 natives spread along 140 river villages. The area's 20.000 people are distributed within 140 villages spread along the rivers. Maués is located on the side of Maués-Açu river and can be reached from Manaus (267 km away) by regional boat (18 hours), fast boat (7 hours) or plane (45 min.). Maués is used as a starting point for adventure trekking including visit to the Amana waterfall, old goldmines, caves, exploration of primary jungle with Indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alto Maués Ecological Station
Alto Maués Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica Alto Maués) is an ecological station, a fully protected area, in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It contains about of Amazon rainforest. Location The Alto Maués Ecological Station is in the municipality of Maués, Amazonas. It covers of Amazon rainforest. The terrain is relatively smooth with corrugated undulations and long, open V-shaped valleys. The Alto Maués conservation unit is bordered to the north west by the Pau-Rosa National Forest, and to the east by the Amanã National Forest in Pará. The Abacaxis River forms its western boundary. The Parauari River flows through the eastern part of the unit. The Urupadi National Forest borders the south of the unit. The unit is between the basins of the Madeira and Tapajós rivers, and holds many lakes, ponds and streams. The Abacaxis River in the west of the unit has the Curauari, Caramuri and Paracati as tributaries. The Maués Açu basin in the centre of the uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maués State Forest
The Maués State Forest ( pt, Floresta Estadual de Maués) is a state forest in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Location The Maués State Forest is in the municipality of Maués, Amazonas. It has an area of . The reserve would be included in the proposed South Amazon Ecological Corridor. The forest is in the region between the Madeira and Tapajós rivers. It is bounded by the Apocuitaua, Pacoval and Parauari rivers. The forest adjoins the Pau-Rosa National Forest to the south. The climate is hot and humid, typical of the Amazon. Rains are abundant, with more rainfall from January to July and less from August to December. The vegetation is mostly terra firma forest, but there are also areas of ''igapó'', '' restinga'' and '' campina''. Timber species include '' Aniba roseodora'', ''Manilkara huberi'', ''Hymenaea courbaril'', ''Tabebuia'' species including '' Tabebuia impetiginosa'' and '' Tabebuia chysotricha'', '' Licaria brasiliensis'', ''Ficus'' species, '' Brosimum paraen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maués Airport
Maués Airport is the airport serving Maués, Brazil. Airlines and destinations Access The airport is located from downtown Maués. See also *List of airports in Brazil This is a list of airports in Brazil, sorted by location. The National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil lists on March 10, 2022, 491 public and 2,677 private aerodromes in Brazil. __TOC__ Airports Airport names shown in bold indicate that th ... References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maues Airport Airports in Amazonas (Brazilian state) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urariá Sustainable Development Reserve
The Urariá Sustainable Development Reserve ( pt, Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Urariá) is a sustainable development reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Location The Urariá Sustainable Development Reserve in the municipality of Maués, Amazonas. It has an area of . The reserve is on the left bank of the Paraná do Urariá in the northwest of the municipality of Maues. It is about in a straight line or by river from Manaus. The reserve has the capacity to support 750 families. There are eleven scattered communities in the reserve. The Grande da Barreira Lake area has seven communities, the Curuçá Lake area has two communities and there are two communities on the Paraná do Urariá. Most of the residents are engaged in farming, fishing or extraction of forest resources. They gain income from sale of cassava flour, fish, Brazil nuts and guaraná fruit, and raise cattle on a small scale. History The Urariá Sustainable Development Reserve was created by m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pau-Rosa National Forest
The Pau-Rosa National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional de Pau-Rosa) is a national forest in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Location The Pau-Rosa National Forest is divided between the municipalities of Maués (98.63%) and Nova Olinda do Norte (1.37%) in Amazonas. It has an area of . The national forest adjoins the Maués State Forest to the north, the Amazônia National Park to the east, the Amaná National Forest to the southeast and the Alto Maués Ecological Station to the southwest. The Abacaxis River forms the western boundary of the southern section, and the Paraconi River forms the western boundary of the northern section. Initial samples of the fauna have found 40 species of amphibians, 20 of reptiles and almost 270 of birds. A new species of frog, '' Scinax sateremawe'', was found in 2009 with an abundant population. History The Pau-Rosa National Forest was created by federal decree of 7 August 2001 with the objective of promoting management of multiple use of natural r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urupadi National Forest
Urupadi National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional de Urupadi) is a national forest (Brazil) in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Location Urupadi National Forest is in the Maués municipality of Amazonas. It has an area of . The forest is just north of the stretch of the BR-230 Trans-Amazonian Highway between Sucunduri (Apuí) and Jacareacanga. It adjoins the Acari National Park to the west and the Alto Maués Ecological Station to the north. To the east it adjoins the Amaná National Forest in the state of Pará. It is in the Amazon biome. The region has suffered relatively low deforestation, but there is growing pressure from loggers, ranchers and soybean farmers. The soils are acid and infertile, unsuitable for agriculture and pasture. History Urupadi National Forest was created by decree on 11 May 2016. It is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio). The forest is one of five conservation units created in the last week before the pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homero De Miranda Leão
Homero de Miranda Leão (1 January 1913 – 8 August 1987) was a poet, teacher and politician. He was born in Maués, Amazonas, Brazil, the son of Manuel José de Miranda Leão and Eponina Martins de Miranda Leão, he was married to Letícia Faraco de Miranda Leão. In his home town of Maués, he was a noted teacher of Portuguese. As a member of the Union of Brazilian Writers and the Amazonian Academy of Letters he has published two editions of a book of poems titled ''Mundurucânia''. He was recognised by several major awards, particularly from Ipiranga and the Governor of São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a .... 1913 births 1987 deaths People from Amazonas (Brazilian state) Mayors of places in Brazil {{Brazil-poet-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazonas (Brazilian State)
Amazonas () is a state of Brazil, located in the North Region in the northwestern corner of the country. It is the largest Brazilian state by area and the 9th largest country subdivision in the world, and the largest in South America, being greater than the areas of Uruguay, Paraguay, and Chile combined. Mostly located in the Southern Hemisphere, it is the third largest country subdivision in the Southern Hemisphere after the Australian states of Western Australia and Queensland. Entirely in the Western Hemisphere, it is the fourth largest in the Western Hemisphere after Greenland, Nunavut and Alaska. It would be the sixteenth largest country in land area, slightly larger than Mongolia. Neighbouring states are (from the north clockwise) Roraima, Pará, Mato Grosso, Rondônia, and Acre. It also borders the nations of Peru, Colombia and Venezuela. This includes the Departments of Amazonas, Vaupés and Guainía in Colombia, as well as the Amazonas state in Venezuela, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juruena National Park
Juruena National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional do Juruena), declared in 2006, is the third largest national park of Brazil. It is located along the Juruena River, in the north of Mato Grosso state and the south of Amazonas state. It forms part of a corridor of protected areas that is meant to contain agricultural expansion into the Amazon rainforest. Location The park covers , mostly in the Amazon biome. It is the third largest in Brazil. It contains parts of the municipalities of Apuí and Maués in Amazonas, and Cotriguaçu, Nova Bandeirantes and Apiacás in Mato Grosso. It adjoins the Sucunduri State Park in the municipality of Apuí. The Igarapés do Juruena State Park to the west overlaps by almost 53% with the Juruena National Park. About 49% of the park is flat plains, 18% gently undulating, 21% undulating, and 10% strongly undulating. 1% is mountainous. Altitudes range from above sea level. The park holds 39 river sub-basins. The largest is that of the São To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time In Brazil
Time in Brazil is calculated using standard time, and the country (including its offshore islands) is divided into four standard time zones: UTC−02:00, UTC−03:00, UTC−04:00 and UTC−05:00. Time zones Fernando de Noronha time (UTC−02:00) This is the standard time zone only on a few small offshore Atlantic islands. The only such island with a permanent population is Fernando de Noronha, with 3,140 inhabitants (2021 estimate), 0.0015% of Brazil's population.Population estimates Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, 2021. The other islands ( |
Brazilian Institute Of Geography And Statistics
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics ( pt, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística; IBGE) is the agency responsible for official collection of statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information in Brazil. IBGE performs a decennial national census; questionnaires account for information such as age, household income, literacy, education, occupation and hygiene levels. IBGE is a public institute created in 1936 under the name ''National Institute of Statistics''. Its founder and chief proponent was statistician Mário Augusto Teixeira de Freitas. The current name dates from 1938. Its headquarters are located in Rio de Janeiro, and its current president is Eduardo Rios Neto. It was made a federal agency by Decree-Law No. 161 on February 13, 1967, and is linked to the Ministry of the Economy, inside the Secretariat of Planning, Budget and Management. Structure IBGE has a network of national research and dissemination components ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republican Party Of The Social Order
The Republican Party of the Social Order (Portuguese: ''Partido Republicano da Ordem Social'', ''PROS'') is a political party in Brazil, founded in 2010, and officially recognized in 2013."TSE aprova registro de Solidariedade e Pros; número de partidos sobe a 32" UOL. 24/09/2013. In the , PROS allied with the Workers Party and the |