Barcelos, (also Barcellos), formerly Mariuá, is a
municipality
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located in the State of
Amazonas,
northern Brazil
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. Its population was 27,638 (2020) and its area is , making it the second largest municipality in
Brazil
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(behind
Altamira, Pará
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), equivalent in size to
New York
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state in the United States and slightly larger than
North Korea
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.
About
The city is served by
Barcelos Airport
Barcelos Airport is the airport serving Barcelos, Brazil.
Airlines and destinations
Access
The airport is located from downtown Barcelos.
See also
*List of airports in Brazil
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with scheduled services to Manaus.
Since 1994, Barcelos has been the host of an annual festival celebrating
ornamental fish
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, which is a significant source of income for the region.
Project ''Piaba'' uses Barcelos as the starting point for their annual research expedition into the
Rio Negro area.
The municipality contains part of the
Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve
Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve ( pt, Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Amanã) is a sustainable development reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.
Location
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.
It also contains part of the
Amazonas National Forest
The Amazonas National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional do Amazonas) is a national forest in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.
Location
The Amazonas National Forest is in the municipalities of Barcelos and Santa Isabel do Rio Negro in the state of ...
.
It contains the
Rio Unini Extractive Reserve
The Rio Unini Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista Rio Unini) is an extractive reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.
Location
The Rio Unini Extractive Reserve is in the municipality of Barcelos, Amazonas.
It has an area of .
It ext ...
, created in 2006.
History
![Vila de Barcelos, Rio Negro](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Vila_de_Barcelos%2C_Rio_Negro.jpg)
Barcelos was originally named Mariuá, village of the Manaus Indians. When the captaincy of São José do Rio Negro was formed in 1755,
Francisco Xavier de Mendonça Furtado
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, Governor General of state of Grao Para e Maranhao chose the ''aldeia'' de São José do Javari, a village founded by Carmelite Friar Matias São Boaventuras in 1728 near the mouth of the
Javari River
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, as its capital. It was the capital of the captaincy of São José do Rio Negro from 1755–1791, and again from 1799–1808.
Climate
The climate reflects its vegetation being
tropical rainforest
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or
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** equatorial mount, of telescopes
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: ''Af''), like the rest of the
Amazon Basin
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.
References
External links
Municipalities in Amazonas (Brazilian state)
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