Category: Others

Others from Manaus

The name of the city is a homage to the first inhabitants: the natives of Manao tribe. Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), Hamamatsu (Japan), Shanghai (China), Lima (Peru) and Casablanca (Morocco) are ‘’sister-cities” of Manaus. Since 98% of the original vegetation is intact, the nickname of the city is ”Environmental Capital of Brazil ‘

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Posted in Manaus, Others on Sep 16th, 2011, 18:44 by luciana