Manaus is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas.
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28 Facts About Manaus
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Manaus is located in the center of the world's largest rainforest, and home to the National Institute of Amazonian Research, being the most important center for scientific studies in the Amazon region and for international sustainability issues.
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Many wealthy European families settled in Manaus and brought their love for sophisticated European art, architecture, and culture with them.
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Manaus was one of the twelve Brazilian host cities of the 2014 World Cup, as well as one of the five subsections of the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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Name Manaus comes from the native people called Manaos, which means Mother of the Gods.
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Manaus was at the center of the Amazon region's rubber boom during the late 19th century.
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Manaus was one of the host cities of the 2014 FIFA World Cup and one of the seats of some Olympic football games.
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Manaus has a humid tropical rainforest climate according to the Koppen climate classification system, just wet enough in its driest month to not be a tropical monsoon climate, with average annual compensated temperature of 27.
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Manaus is the seventh largest city in Brazil, after Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Brasilia, Fortaleza and Belo Horizonte.
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Metropolitan Region of Manaus is a metropolitan area that comprises eight cities of the Amazonas state, but without conurbation.
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Manaus is divided into seven regions: North, Southern, Central-South, East, West, Mid-West, and Rural area.
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Wealthiest neighborhood in Manaus is Adrianopolis, located in the Central-South Area of the city.
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Downtown Manaus is located in the Southern area of the city, next to Rio Negro River.
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Two airlines, MAP Linhas Aereas and Manaus Aerotaxi, have headquarters on the grounds of Eduardo Gomes International Airport in Manaus.
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Manaus has research centers, technology and public and private universities.
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Apart from the Eduardo Gomes International Airport and Ponta Pelada Airport, Manaus still has an operational airstrip used by small propeller aircraft and helicopters about 6 kilometres north of the city centre, simply known as the "Aeroclube" .
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Strictly speaking, Manaus is connected by road to the rest of Brazil, as it is possible to drive continuously from Manaus into Venezuela, and then reenter Brazil through the BR-364 in the state of Acre and its capital, Rio Branco, therefore passing through the countries of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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The AM-070 heads south, starting on the other side of the new bridge spanning the Rio Negro at Manaus, and reaching Manacapuru, which lies at the banks of the Solimoes River, known as the upper River Amazon, and which is the fourth largest city of the state.
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Bus system in Manaus is quite extensive and there are buses and vans that go to most destinations, including the popular tourist destinations.
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Manaus has many large parks with native forest preservation areas, such as the Bosque da Ciencia and Parque do Mindu.
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Manaus has several Malls such as Manauara Shopping, Amazonas Shopping Center, Millennium Shopping, Shopping Ponta Negra, Studio 5 Festival Mall, Shopping Cidade Nova, Manaus Plaza Shopping, Shopping Sao Jose, and other small Shopping Areas.
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City's cultural calendar throughout the year includes the Opera, Theater, Jazz, and Cinema festivals, as well as Boi Manaus, which is a great celebration of Northern Brazilian culture through Boi-Bumba music.
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Manaus has several public swimming areas that are being remodeled and urbanized lately.
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Manaus was restructured in order to host such a big event.
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Vivaldao, previously the largest stadium in Manaus, was inaugurated in 1970 by the Brazilian national team in their last game in the country before they headed to their victorious 1970 in Mexico.
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Manaus is the origin of several world-champion Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belts, mixed martial artists and submission grapplers.
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Manaus later became the UFC Featherweight champion, with title defenses against such notable fighters as Mark Hominick and Kenny Florian.
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