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15-744: The Tefé National Forest is divided between the municipalities of Tefé (46.27%}, Juruá (11.89%), Carauari (4.96%) and Alvarães (36.88%) in Amazonas. It has an area of 865,126.62 hectares (2,137,774.4 acres). The forest is bounded by the Tefé River to the east, the Bauana River , a tributary of the Tefé, to the north, the Andirá River , a tributary of the Juruá River , to the west, and

30-636: A very large and diverse array of languages spoken all around the Amazon, Tupi was spoken "with little corruption along the banks of the main Amazons for a distance of 2,500 miles." In 1910, an apostolic prefecture, the current Prelature of Teffe, was founded by priests of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit. Tefé is located about 525 km by air or 595 km by river to the west of Manaus on

45-528: Is a municipality in the state of Amazonas , northern Brazil . As early as 1620 the Portuguese Carmelites could already boast of converts among the Muras , those natives of the Amazon established around Lake Teffé and on the borders of the neighbouring rivers. Tefé, also called Ega at one time, was the fourth of eight aldeias founded by Carmelite missionaries between 1697 and 1751 along

60-516: Is derived. Use of the name Solimões for the upper Amazon is mostly confined to Brazilian speakers of Portuguese ; the rest of the world refers to both the upper and lower portions of the river as the Amazon . 04°38′09″S 70°15′57″W  /  4.63583°S 70.26583°W  / -4.63583; -70.26583 This article related to a river in the Brazilian state of Amazonas

75-574: Is to support sustainable multiple use of forest resources, and scientific research with emphasis on methods for sustainable exploitation of native forests. The forest is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation . The forest became part of the Central Amazon Ecological Corridor , established in 2002. The consultative council was created on 24 February 2011. The profile of

90-550: The Curumitá de Baixo River , a tributary of the Tefé, to the south. The Curimatá de Baixo runs through the reserve from southwest to northeast. The Baixo Juruá Extractive Reserve adjoins the extreme northwest of the forest. The Tefé National Forest was created by federal decree 97.629 of 10 April 1989 with an estimated area of 1,020,000 hectares (2,500,000 acres). It is classed as IUCN protected area category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources). The purpose

105-661: The Rio Negro upstream to the border of Peru . The Solimões flows for about 1,600 km (1,000 miles) through a floodplain about 80 km (50 miles) wide. The Amazon / Solimões river just above the confluence of the Solimões and Rio Negro is already by far the largest river in the world, even though its two largest tributaries (the Negro and the Madeira River ) have not yet contributed to the flow volume. The Solimões portion of

120-618: The Tefé National Forest , created in 1989. The municipality contains 33.85% of the 217,486 hectares (537,420 acres) Catuá-Ipixuna Extractive Reserve , established in 2003 as the first extractive reserve in the state of Amazonas. Rio Solim%C3%B5es Solimões ( Portuguese pronunciation: [soliˈmõjs] ) is the name often given to upper stretches of the Amazon River in Brazil from its confluence with

135-599: The Amazon River lies entirely in the state of Amazonas , Brazil, and some portion of the state is often referred to as the "Solimões region". The ecoregion of the Solimões River drainage basin is entirely tropical rainforest . An Amazonian aboriginal nation called Soriman was corrupted in Portuguese to Solimão and Soliemoens , from which the name of this section of the river and the region it drains

150-463: The Solimões and Negro Rivers. In 1759 the commandant Joaquim de Mello da Povoas converted the Carmelite mission on Lake Tefé into a town, which he named Ega; it was elevated to a city named Tefé in 1855 (but was known as Tefé before that time). The mission, called Parauarí, was originally established on Ilha dos Veados three leagues from the location on the opposite shore of Lake Tefe, called today by

165-584: The Tefé, 74 families in 8 communities along the Bauana and 171 families in 11 communities along the Curumitá de Baixo. The residents are mainly engaged in family farming, cultivating small fields of cassava to make flour. The surplus is marketed in the city of Tefé either directly or through middlemen. Other activities include artisan fishing and extraction of nuts, açaí, andiroba, copaiba and wood. Tef%C3%A9 Tefé , known in early accounts as Teffé ,

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180-421: The beneficiary families was approved on 7 October 2015 and the management plan was approved on 23 February 2016. As of 2003 there was a low level of deforestation, largely due to the isolation of the forest from urban centers. As of 2006 there were 359 families with an estimated total of 2,154 people in the forest, living in 30 communities along the three main rivers. There were 124 families in 11 communities along

195-432: The name of Nogueira. It was abandoned due to a smallpox outbreak in the early 18th century and moved across the lake, where it remains today. The survivors were taken to its present site by F. Andre da Costa in 1817. Henry W. Bates also describes in detail the cultural interactions of the natives with those in the town from his trip in the 1850s. He describes that the natives learned Tupi very quickly, and despite having

210-598: The only access is by river boat or plane. By fast boat it is about 12 hours from Manaus . Azul Linhas Aereas and Voepass operate flights from Manaus to Tefé Airport . The city is the home of the Territorial Prelature of Tefé . Tefé is also the major starting point for trips into the Mamiraua Reserve . The municipality is in the Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoregion. It contains 46% of

225-473: The south bank of the Rio Solimões (the upper Amazon), on the lake formed by the mouth of the Tefé River . The nearest large city is Coari , 192 km SE by east of Tefé. The municipal seat of Tefé is the largest town and commercial center of the middle Solimões region. Its population was 59,547 evenly divided between urban and rural, and its area is 23,704 km². There are no roads into Tefé and

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