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Capital of Amazonas, Brazil, on the Rio
Negro, near its confluence with the Amazon;
population (1980) 612,000. It can be reached
by sea-going vessels, although 1,600 km/1,000
mi from the Atlantic. Formerly a centre of
the rubber trade, it developed as a tourist
centre in the 1970s.