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Encyclopedia Britannica



MANAOS

This article appears in Volume V17, Page 540 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: MAL-MAR
MANAOS , a city and port of Brazil and
capital
  of the state of Amazonas, on the left bank of the Rio Negro 12 m. above its junction with the Solimoes, or Amazon, and 908 m. (Wappaus) above the mouth of the latter, in lat. 30 8' 4" S., long. 6o W. Pop. (1908), about 40,000, including a large percentage of Indians, negroes and mixed-bloods; the city is growing rapidly. Mangos stands on a slight eminence overlooking the river, 1o6 ft. above sea-level, traversed by several " igarapes " (canoe paths) or side channels, and beautified by the luxuriant vegetation of the Amazon valley. The climate is agreeable and healthful, the average temperature for the year (1902) being 84, the number of
rainy
  days 130, and the total rainfall 66.4 in. Up to the beginning of the loth century the only noteworthy public edifices were the church of N.S. da Conceicao, the St Sebastiao asylum and, possibly, a Misericordia hospital; but a government building, a custom-
house
 , a municipal
hall
 , courts of justice, a market-place and a handsome theatre were subsequently erected, and a modern water-supply system, electric light and electric tramways were provided. The " igarapes " are spanned by a number of bridges. Higher education is provided by a lyceum or high school, besides which there is a noteworthy school (bearing the name of Benjamin Constant) for poor orphan girls. Mangos has a famous botanical garden, an interesting museum, a public library, and a meteorological observatory. The port of Mangos, which is the commercial centre of the whole tipper Amazon region, was nothing but a river anchorage before 1902. In that year a foreign
corporation
  began improvements, which include a stone river-
wall
  or quay, storehouses for merchandise, and floating wharves or landing stages connected with the quay by floating bridges or roadways. The floating wharves and bridges are made necessary by the rise and fall of the river, the difference between the maximum and minimum levels being about 33 ft.
The principal exports are rubber, nuts, cacao, dried fish, hides and piassava fibre. The markets of Mangos receive their supplies of beef from the national stock ranges on the Rio Branco, and it is from this region that hides and horns are received for export. The shipping
movement
  of the port has become large and important, the total arrivals in 1907, including small trading boats, being 1589, of which 133 were ocean-going steamers from Europe and the United States, 75 from south Brazilian ports, and 227 river steamers from Path. This rapid growth in its direct trade is due to a provincial law of 1878 which authorized an abatement of 3% in the export duties on direct shipments, and a state law of 1900 which made it compulsory to land and ship all products of the state from the Mangos custom-
house
 .
The first European settlement on the site of Mangos was made in 166o, when a small fort was built here by Francisco da Motta Falcao, and was named Sao Jose de Rio Negro. The mission and
village
  which followed was called Villa de Barra, or Barra do Rio Negro (the name " Barra " being derived from the " bar " in the current of the river, occasioned by the set-back caused by its encounter with the Amazon). It succeeded Barcellos as the
capital
  of the old capitania of Rio Negro in 1809, and became the capital of Amazonas when that province was created in 185o, its name being then changed to Mangos, the name of the principal tribe of Indians living on the Rio Negro at the time of its discovery. In 1892 Mangos became the see of the new bishopric of Amazonas.


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