Amazonas (Brazilian state)
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Amazonas State Estado do Amazonas |
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 Location of State of Amazonas in Brazil |
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| Coordinates: 5°0′S 63°0′W / 5.000°S 63.000°WCoordinates: 5°0′S 63°0′W / 5.000°S 63.000°W | |||
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 Brazil
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| Capital and largest city | Manaus | ||
| Government | |||
| • Governor | Jose Melo de Oliveira | ||
| • Vice Governor | Henrique Oliveira | ||
| • Legislature | Legislative Assembly | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 1,570,745.7 km2 (606,468.3 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 1st | ||
| Population (2016) | |||
| • Total | 4,001,667 | ||
| • Rank | 13th | ||
| • Density | 2.5/km2 (6.6/sq mi) | ||
| • Density rank | 26th | ||
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| GDP | |||
| • Year | 2014 estimate | ||
| • Total | R$ 86.669.000.000 (15th) | ||
| • Per capita | R$ 22.373,36 (9th) | ||
| HDI | |||
| • Year | 2010 | ||
| • Category | 0.674 – medium (18th) | ||
| Time zones | BRT–2 (UTC–5) | ||
| BRT–1 (UTC–4) | |||
| Postal Code | 69000-000 to 69290-000 69400-000 to 69890-000 |
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| ISO 3166 code | BR-AM | ||
| Website | ale.am.gov.br | ||
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| Adopted | Jan. 14, 1982 |
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| Design | 25 stars for municipalities of August 4, 1897, the larger one for the capital Manaus. Two white bars for hope, red bar for struggles overcome. |
Amazonas (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐmɐˈzõnɐs]) is a state of Brazil, located in the northwestern corner of the country. It is the largest Brazilian State by area and the 9th largest country subdivision in the world, being greater than the areas of Uruguay, Paraguay, and Chile combined. It would be the sixteenth largest country in land area, slightly higher than Mongolia. It is larger than the northeast region of Brazil with its nine states. Amazonas is roughly the size of the US state of Alaska and is equivalent to 2.25 times the area of Texas.
Neighbouring states are (from the north clockwise) Roraima, Pará, Mato Grosso, Rondônia, and Acre. It also borders Peru, Colombia and Venezuela. This includes the Departments Amazonas, Vaupés and Guainía in Colombia, as well as the Amazonas State, Venezuela, and the Loreto Region in Peru.
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