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13-568: The Amazonas National Forest is in the municipalities of Barcelos and Santa Isabel do Rio Negro in the state of Amazonas. It was created by decree nº 97.546 of 1 March 1989 with an estimated area of 1,573,100 hectares (3,887,000 acres). According to the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio) the area is 1,944,209.59 hectares (4,804,246.5 acres). The forest is in the Upper Rio Negro region along

26-847: Is 122,476 square kilometres (47,288 sq mi), 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. The municipality contains part of the Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve . It also contains part of the Amazonas National Forest . It contains the 833,352 hectares (2,059,260 acres) Rio Unini Extractive Reserve , created in 2006. The climate reflects its vegetation being tropical rainforest or equatorial ( Köppen : Af ), like

39-428: Is administered by ICMBio. It is classed as IUCN protected area category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources) with the objective of sustainable multiple use of forest resources and scientific research, with emphasis on methods for sustainable exploitation of native forests. The Instituto Socioambiental (ISA) has noted that the national forest, with its goal of sustainable forestry, conflicts with

52-434: Is typically hot, very humid, and wet with no dry season . Tropical rainforests have a type of tropical climate (at least 18 C or 64.4 F in their coldest month) in which there is no dry season —all months have an average precipitation value of at least 60 mm (2.4 in). There are no distinct wet or dry seasons as rainfall is high throughout the months. One day in a tropical rainforest climate can be very similar to

65-489: The equator . There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southeast Florida, United States, and Okinawa, Japan that fall into the tropical rainforest climate category. They experience high mean annual temperatures, small temperature ranges, and rain that falls throughout the year. Regions with this climate are typically designated Af by the Köppen climate classification . A tropical rainforest climate

78-655: The border of Brazil and Venezuela and the border between the states of Amazonas and Roraima. It is bordered to the west by the Pico da Neblina National Park . Most of the forest is within the Yanomami Indigenous Territory . The conservation unit would be included in the proposed Northern Amazon Ecological Corridor . The vegetation is mainly dense rainforest (93%) but includes open rainforest (2%), campinarana (2%) and areas of contact between Campinarana and dense rainforest (3%). The Amazonas National Forest

91-664: The goals of the Indigenous Territories with which it overlaps. In these territories the indigenous people have the exclusive right of use according to their customs and traditions. The ISA stated in August 2011 that for this reason the Amazonas National Forest should be repealed. Barcelos, Amazonas Barcelos (also Barcellos ), formerly Mariuá , is a municipality located in the state of Amazonas , northern Brazil . Its population

104-495: The next, while the change in temperature between day and night may be larger than the average change in temperature during the year. When tropical rainforest climates are more dominated by the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) than the trade winds (and with no or rare cyclones), so usually located near the equator, they are also called equatorial climates. Otherwise, when they are more dominated by

117-544: The region. Project Piaba uses Barcelos as the starting point for their annual research expedition into the Rio Negro area. The region is the biggest exporter of this particular fish in Brazil with over 19 million specimen exported into Europe , Asia and USA . Barcelos is known for Ecotourism . Barcelos was originally named Mariuá, village of the Manaus Indians. When the captaincy of São José do Rio Negro

130-532: The rest of the Amazon Basin . The city is served by Barcelos Airport with scheduled services to Manaus. This article about a location in the Brazilian state of Amazonas is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of

143-450: The trade winds than the ITCZ, they are called tropical trade-wind climates. In pure equatorial climates, the atmospheric pressure is almost constantly low so the horizontal pressure gradient is low. Consequently, the winds are rare and usually weak (except sea and land breezes in coastal areas) while in tropical trade-wind climates, often located at higher latitudes than the equatorial climates,

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156-454: Was 27,638 (2020) and its area is 122,476 square kilometres (47,288 sq mi). It is 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 , which is a significant source of income for

169-468: Was formed in 1755, Francisco Xavier de Mendonça Furtado , Governor General of state of Grao Para e Maranhao chose the aldeia de São José do Javari, a village founded by Carmelite Friar Matias São Boaventuras in 1728 near the mouth of the Javari River , as its capital. It was the capital of the captaincy of São José do Rio Negro from 1755 to 1791, and again from 1799 to 1808. The municipality area

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