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Barcelos
Municipality
Municipality of Barcelos
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Nickname: "Capital do peixe ornamental" ("Capital of the ornamental fish") Cidade menina ("Girl City")
Location of Barcelos in the State of Amazonas
BarcelosLocation in Brazil
Coordinates: 00°58′30″S 62°55′26″W / 0.97500°S 62.92389°W / -0.97500; -62.92389
Country	Brazil
Region	North
State	Amazonas
Founded	May 27, 1758
Government
• Mayor	José Ribamar Beleza (MDB)
Area
• Total	122,475.728 km (47,288.143 sq mi)
Population
• Total	27,638
• Density	0.21/km (0.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−4 (AMT)
Area code	+55 92
HDI (2000)	0.593 – medium

Barcelos (also Barcellos), formerly Mariuá, is a municipality located in the state of Amazonas, northern Brazil. Its population was 27,638 (2020) and its area is 122,476 square kilometres (47,288 sq mi). It is the second largest municipality in Brazil (behind Altamira, Pará); equivalent in size to New York state in the United States and slightly larger than North Korea.

Since 1994, Barcelos has been the host of an annual festival celebrating ornamental fish, which is a significant source of income for the region. Project Piaba uses Barcelos as the starting point for their annual research expedition into the Rio Negro area. The region is the biggest exporter of this particular fish in Brazil with over 19 million specimen exported into Europe, Asia and USA. Barcelos is known for Ecotourism.

History

Barcelos was originally named Mariuá, village of the Manaus Indians. When the captaincy of São José do Rio Negro was formed in 1755, Francisco Xavier de Mendonça Furtado, Governor General of state of Grao Para e Maranhao chose the aldeia de São José do Javari, a village founded by Carmelite Friar Matias São Boaventuras in 1728 near the mouth of the Javari River, as its capital. It was the capital of the captaincy of São José do Rio Negro from 1755 to 1791, and again from 1799 to 1808.

Geography

The municipality area is 122,476 square kilometres (47,288 sq mi), making it the second largest municipality in Brazil (behind Altamira, Pará), equivalent in size to New York state in the United States and slightly larger than North Korea. The municipality contains part of the Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve. It also contains part of the Amazonas National Forest. It contains the 833,352 hectares (2,059,260 acres) Rio Unini Extractive Reserve, created in 2006.

Climate

The climate reflects its vegetation being tropical rainforest or equatorial (Köppen: Af), like the rest of the Amazon Basin.

Transportation

The city is served by Barcelos Airport with scheduled services to Manaus.

References

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8. RDS Amanã (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-05-05
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Capital: Manaus
Mesoregion Centro Amazonense	Coari Anamã Anori Beruri Caapiranga Coari Codajás Itacoatiara Itacoatiara Itapiranga Nova Olinda do Norte Silves Urucurituba Manaus Autazes Careiro Careiro da Várzea Iranduba Manacapuru Manaquiri Manaus Parintins Barreirinha Boa Vista do Ramos Maués Nhamundá Parintins São Sebastião do Uatumã Urucará Rio Preto da Eva Presidente Figueiredo Rio Preto da Eva Tefe Alvarães Tefé Uarini
Mesoregion Norte Amazonense	Japura Japurá Maraã Rio Negro Barcelos Novo Airão Santa Isabel do Rio Negro São Gabriel da Cachoeira
Mesoregion Sudoeste Amazonense	Alto Solimoes Amaturá Atalaia do Norte Benjamin Constant Fonte Boa Jutaí Santo Antônio do Içá São Paulo de Olivença Tabatinga Tonantins Jurua Carauari Eirunepé Envira Guajará Ipixuna Itamarati Juruá
Mesoregion Sul Amazonense	Boca do Acre Boca do Acre Pauini Madeira Apuí Borba Humaitá Manicoré Novo Aripuanã Purus Canutama Lábrea Tapauá

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