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Manaus… the hottest destination in the Amazon rainforest…
It all started in the second half of the 17th. century, when a small fort – São José da Barra – was built on the north bank of Rio Negro river, around 18 km. above its confluence with theAmazon river.
Later named Manaus, it became capital of the State of Amazonas,Brazil, in 1850.
The city lies in the heart of the largest tropical rain forest on earth -Amazonia - the geographical area surrounding the Amazon river and its tributaries, with an extension of more than 2 million square miles.
