Eirunepé
| Eirunepé | |||
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| The Municipality of Eirunepe | |||
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| Nickname(s): "Terra da Fé("Land of Faith") | |||
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 Eirunepé
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| Coordinates: 06°39′36″S 69°52′26″W / 6.66000°S 69.87389°W | |||
| Country |
 Brazil
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| Region | North | ||
| State |
 Amazonas
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| Founded | 1895 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Dissica Valério (PMDB) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Municipality | 16.079 km2 (6.208 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 508 m (1,667 ft) | ||
| Population (2009) | |||
| • Municipality | 30,901 | ||
| • Density | 1.9/km2 (5/sq mi) | ||
| • Metro | 103,308 | ||
| Time zone | BRT–2 (UTC–5) | ||
| Postal Code | 69880-000 | ||
| Area code(s) | +55 97 | ||
| HDI (2000) | 0.797 – medium | ||
| Website | Eirunepé, Amazonas | ||
Eirunepé is a Brazilian municipality in the southwest part of the state of Amazonas, about 1,150 kilometers a straight line from Manaus and 2,417 kilometers by river, one of the cities furthest from its state capital. It is thought to have ecotourism potential. It is the fourth largest city in the Southwest region.
The municipality contains 41.22% of the 427,004 hectares (1,055,150 acres) Rio Gregório Extractive Reserve.
In the first decades of the nineteenth century, attracted by the extraction of latex, the pinnacle of the economy of the Amazon at the time, and fleeing the drought in the Northeast, Ceara, Rio Grande and the northern region of Paraíba Juruá arrived and took up residence in the rubber, giving rise to the first villages. It was in this historical context that the settlement began in the city today called Eirunepé.
The first inhabitants were brought by men Northeastern Felipe Manoel da Cunha. As there was a major lack of white women, these men intermarried with indigenous women of the tribe Kulinaã. This fact led to many conflicts with the white man arrived, sharing the opinion of the tribe. So those who accepted the white man were named Kulinas, while those who did not accept were named Kanamari.
In the first decades of the twentieth century, during the First World War (1914–1918), many people from various countries fleeing the war, seeking other places to start a new life. Upon arrival in Brazil, many were attracted by the rubber, the main wealth of the time, and sought to engage the interior for agriculture and the cultivation of latex. With the decline of rubber, many families have sought jobs in other cities, mainly Manaus. Others continued living in the field of low recovery of rubber and agriculture. The population to be composed of various mixtures with strong traces of white northeastern Kulinaã with Indians, had also influenced by people from other regions, such as Turkish, Portuguese and others. Hence, there arises a very diverse culture, with habits and customs.
The city of Eirunepe, formerly St. Philip, situated on the left bank of the River Jurua, near the mouth of the Rio Tarauacá, which lies on the opposite bank. The place where it was built, was formerly the headquarters of Eiru large plantation, owned by Felipe Manoel da Cunha, rich seringalista Rio Jurua. The headquarters of Eiru developed considerably by the time the price of rubber has undergone a major recovery. Administrative Training Eiru assumed aspect of the village in a beautiful land on the bank surrounding a beautiful bend of river.
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