Maués

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Maués
Municipality
Sunset on the island Michilhes, within the municipality of Maués, Brazil.
Sunset on the island Michilhes, within the municipality of Maués, Brazil.
Flag of Maués
Flag
Official seal of Maués
Seal
Motto(s): 
Terra do guaraná
Land of Guaraná
Location of the municipality inside Amazonas
Location of the municipality inside Amazonas
Maués is located in Brazil
Maués
Maués
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 3°23′1″S 57°43′7″W / 3.38361°S 57.71861°W / -3.38361; -57.71861
Country Brazil
RegionNorth
State Amazonas
Government
 • MayorCarlos Roberto de Oliveira Júnior (PROS)
Area
 • Total
39,988.394 km2 (15,439.605 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
65,040
 • Density1.31/km2 (3.4/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−4 (AMT)

Maués is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 65,040 (2020)[1] and its area is 39,988 km2.[2]

Geography

Maués is known as the "Land of Guaraná". There are sandy beaches, and Maues summer festival and Guarana festival. The Mundurucus and Maues Indians cultivated the guarana fruit, which is the basis for the famous Brazilian soft drink. Maués means "talking parrots" and it is originated from one of the Indian clans in the region. Maués has 22.000 inhabitants with another 20.000 natives spread along 140 river villages. The area's 20.000 people are distributed within 140 villages spread along the rivers. Maués is located on the side of Maués-Açu river and can be reached from Manaus (267 km away) by regional boat (18 hours), fast boat (7 hours) or plane (45 min.). Maués is used as a starting point for adventure trekking including visit to the Amana waterfall, old goldmines, caves, exploration of primary jungle with Indian guides and visit to the Uraira developing reserve.[3]

Maués Airport serves the region.

Conservation

The municipality contains all or part of the Alto Maués Ecological Station, Amazônia National Park, Juruena National Park, Pau-Rosa National Forest, Maués State Forest and Andirá Marau Indigenous Territory. It is thought that the area has high gold mining potential.[4] The municipality contains the 538,081 hectares (1,329,630 acres) Urupadi National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2016.[5] It includes the 59,137 hectares (146,130 acres) Urariá Sustainable Development Reserve, created in 2001.[6]

Cultivation of guaraná

One of the things Maués is known for is guaraná, and every year they celebrate this with the Guaraná festival. The festival typically includes live music, especially the local pagode dance which will involve the whole city in the festivities. The guarana fruit is used in the traditional Brazilian soft drink, sold in several varieties in Brazil. These soft drinks are now also exported to outside countries, and the guaraná is becoming a known ingredient in drinks for boosting energy.

Notable people

References

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ IBGE - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-01-09. Retrieved 2007-01-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Indian Tribes Maues".
  4. ^ Silvia de Melo Futada (17 October 2014), Dilma cria a Estação Ecológica Alto Maués (AM), a sétima Unidade Conservação esta semana (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-05-22{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  5. ^ FLONA de Urupadi (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioaambiental, retrieved 2016-07-06{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  6. ^ Silva, Michele Andreza P. da (August 2010), Plano Territorial de Desenvolvimento Rural Sustentável (PDF) (in Portuguese), Amazonas: Cáritas Arquidiocesana de Manaus, p. 38, retrieved 2016-10-29


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