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Amazonas State, Brazil

Amazonas State
Estado do Amazonas
State
Flag of Amazonas State
Flag
Coat of arms of Amazonas State
Coat of arms
Location of State of Amazonas in Brazil
Location of State of Amazonas in Brazil
Coordinates: 5°0′S 63°0′W / 5.000°S 63.000°W / -5.000; -63.000Coordinates: 5°0′S 63°0′W / 5.000°S 63.000°W / -5.000; -63.000
Country  Brazil
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
Demonym(s)
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
ISO 3166 code BR-AM
Website

amazonas.am.gov.br

ale.am.gov.br
Amazonas State
Bandeira do Amazonas.svg
Adopted Jan. 14, 1982
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.am.gov.br

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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