Borba is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the state of Amazonas in

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Location

Borba is located on the banks of the

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around south of

Manaus Manaus () is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. It is the seventh-largest city in Brazil, with an estimated 2020 population of 2,219,580 distributed over a land area of about . Located at the east center of the s ...

. 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 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 ...

. The municipality contains 46% of the

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, Braz ...

, created in 2006. It contains about 10% of the

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 ...

, created in 2009 along the

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 Rese ...

. It fully contains the

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 munic ...

, created in 2009. It contain 21% of the

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 al ...

, also created in 2009. Borba also contains about 60% of the

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 Amazo ...

created by president

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in 2016 in the last week before her provisional removal from office.

History

Founded in 1728 as the

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mission Aldea Trocano by Portuguese Padre

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. In 1755, it became the first ''vila'' (Portuguese town) in what was then the new

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 a ...

, named Borba.

Economy

The economy of Borba depends largely on fishing, agriculture, and extractive activities like rubber extraction and cocoa harvesting. The city is served by Borba Airport.

References

Municipalities in Amazonas (Brazilian state) {{AmazonasBR-geo-stub