Careiro da Várzea 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 ...

located in the

Brazilian state The federative units of Brazil ( pt, unidades federativas do Brasil) are subnational entities with a certain degree of autonomy (self-government, self-regulation and self-collection) and endowed with their own government and constitution, which ...

of Amazonas. Its population was 30,846 (2020) and its area is 2,631 km².

IBGE 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 ...

- It lies on the south (right) bank of the Amazon opposite Manaus. Careiro da Várzea is the terminus of the BR-319 road from southern Brazil. There is a ferry link to Manaus.

References

Municipalities in Amazonas (Brazilian state) Populated places on the Amazon {{AmazonasBR-geo-stub