Manacapuru ( Munychapur) is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Manacapuru is the third most populous city in the state. Its Human Development Index (HDI) in 2010 was 0.614, and its GDP per capita in 2021 was $2,717.89 (converted as of March 31, 2025).
Population
The population of Manacapuru was 98,502 (2020)
[ IBGE 2020] and its area is 7,329 km
2.
[Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) - ] The city is one of the biggest in the state. It is located about upstream (west) from
Manaus, at the point where the
Manacapuru River flows into the Solimões River.
Main sights
The municipality contains about 19% of the Rio Negro Right Bank Environmental Protection Area, a sustainable use conservation unit that controls use of an area of Amazon rainforest along the Rio Negro above the junction with the Solimões River.
It also contains about 4% of the Rio Negro Sustainable Development Reserve, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2008 in an effort to stop deforestation in the area, which is threatened due to its proximity to Manaus.
Notable people
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Marcelinho – Footballer, playing for the Bulgaria national football team.