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Silves
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Location of the municipality inside Amazonas
SilvesLocation in Brazil
Coordinates: 2°50′20″S 58°12′33″W / 2.83889°S 58.20917°W / -2.83889; -58.20917
Country	Brazil
Region	North
State	Amazonas
Area
• Total	3,749 km (1,447 sq mi)
Population
• Total	9,230
• Density	2.4/km (6/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−4 (AMT)
Climate	Af

Silves or Ilha de Silves is an island municipality in the state of Amazonas, northern Brazil. It is located 10 km straight line north or about 40 km by water from the Amazon River, 200 kilometres (120 mi) east of Manaus (almost halfway between that city and the Amazonas-Pará state border). Its population was 9,230 (2020) and its area is 3,749 square kilometres (1,447 sq mi).

History

Silves is one of the oldest municipalities in the state of Amazonas. It was established in 1660 (some sources say 1663) as a Jesuit Indian mission, the aldea of Santa Cruz. It was abandoned a year later when Jesuits were evicted from the area for failure to cooperate with Portuguese slave raiders. In 1685, it was reestablished by Mercedarian Theodozio da Viega at the same site and known by the name of aldea de Saracá (named for the lake). Two more villages were founded by Mercedarian missionaries on Rio Urubu and had the names of São Pedro Nolasco and São Raimundo. They disappeared shortly after founding. In 1759, the aldea of Saracá was elevated to a village with the name Silves, after civil parish of Silves, Portugal.

See also

• Itacoatiara another old mission town nearby

References

1. IBGE 2020
2. IBGE -

v t e Municipalities of Amazonas
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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