Back بارسيلوس (البرازيل) Arabic Барселос (Амазонас) Bulgarian Барселус (Амазонас) CE Barcelos (munisipyo sa Brasil, Amazonas, lat -0,39, long -63,54) CEB Barcelos (Amazonas) German Barcelos (Amazonio) Esperanto Barcelos (Amazonas) Spanish Barcelos (Amazonas) Basque بارسلوس (آمازوناس) Persian Barcelos (Amazonas) French
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 | |
  Barcelos Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 00°58′30″S 62°55′26″W / 0.97500°S 62.92389°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | North |
| State |  Amazonas |
| Founded | May 27, 1758 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | José Ribamar Beleza (MDB) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 122,475.728 km2 (47,288.143 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 27,638 |
| • Density | 0.21/km2 (0.5/sq mi) |
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| Time zone | UTC−4 (AMT) |
| Area code | +55 92 |
| HDI (2000) | 0.593 – medium[2] |
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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),[3] 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.
Since 1994, Barcelos has been the host of an annual festival celebrating ornamental fish,[4] 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.[5]
- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - UNDP - ^ IBGE - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 9, 2007. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Carey, Randy (March 2007). "Hope Along the Rio Negro Part 1: The View from Manaus". Tropical Fish Magazine. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ^ "Project Piaba". Project Piaba. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
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