Amazonas (Brazilian state)

Amazonas
State
Flag Coat of arms
Motto(s):  Iustitia et Aequalitas (Latin) "Justice and Equality"
Anthem: Hino do Amazonas
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 5°S 63°W / 5°S 63°W / -5; -63
Country	Brazil
Capital and largest city	Manaus
Government
• Governor	Wilson Lima (UNIÃO)
• Vice Governor	Tadeu de Souza (Avante)
• Senators	Eduardo Braga (MDB) Omar Aziz (PSD) Plínio Valério (PSDB)
Area
• Total	1,570,745.7 km2 (606,468.3 sq mi)
• Rank	1st
Highest elevation (Pico da Neblina)	2,995 m (9,827 ft)
Population  (2022)[1]
• Total	3,941,613
• Rank	13th
• Density	2.5/km2 (6.5/sq mi)
• Rank	26th
Demonym	Amazonense
GDP [2]
• Total	R$ 131.531 billion (US$ 24.4 billion)
HDI
• Year	2021
• Category	0.700[3] – high (18th)
Time zones	UTC−05:00 (BRT–2)
	UTC−04:00 (BRT–1)
Postal Code	69000-000 to 69290-000 69400-000 to 69890-000
ISO 3166 code	BR-AM
Website	www.amazonas.am.gov.br

Amazonas^[4] (Brazilian Portuguese: [ɐmaˈzonɐs] ^ⓘ) is a state of Brazil, located in the North Region in the north-western corner of the country. It is the largest Brazilian state by area and the ninth-largest country subdivision in the world with an area of 1,570,745.7 square kilometers. It is the largest country subdivision in South America, being greater than the areas of Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay combined. Neighbouring states are (from the north clockwise) Roraima, Pará, Mato Grosso, Rondônia, and Acre. It also borders the nations of Peru, Colombia and Venezuela. This includes the Departments of Amazonas, Vaupés and Guainía in Colombia, as well as the Amazonas state in Venezuela, and the Loreto Region in Peru.

Amazonas is named after the Amazon River, and was formerly part of the Spanish Empire's Viceroyalty of Peru, a region called Spanish Guyana. It was settled by the Portuguese moving northwest from Brazil in the early 18th century and incorporated into the Portuguese empire after the Treaty of Madrid in 1750. It became a state under the First Brazilian Republic in 1889.

Most of the state is tropical jungle; cities are clustered along navigable waterways and are accessible only by boat or plane. It is divided into 62 municipalities and the capital and largest city is Manaus, a modern city of 2.1 million inhabitants in the middle of the jungle on the Amazon River, 1,500 km upstream from the Atlantic Ocean. Nearly half the state's population lives in the city; the other large cities, Parintins, Manacapuru, Itacoatiara, Tefé, and Coari are also along the Amazon River in the eastern half of the state.