Itacoatiara

Machine translation of the Portuguese Wikipedia article (November 2026 version).

Itacoatiara is a Brazilian municipality located in the Metropolitan Region of Manaus, in the state of Amazonas. It is the second most populous city in the state, with 112,520 inhabitants, according to 2024 estimates from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).

The municipality covers an area of 8,891.906 km², representing 0.5661% of the state, 0.2308% of the North Region and 0.1047% of all Brazilian territory. Of this total, 13.5 km² lies within the urban perimeter. Its average annual minimum temperature is 25 °C and its average maximum is 32 °C. The vegetation of the municipality is predominantly Amazonian biome.

Founded in 1760 by the first governor-general of the captaincy of São José do Rio Negro, Joaquim de Melo e Povoas, who, after transferring the village of Abacaxis to the left bank of the Amazon River, established the Vila de Serpa, which is why the city is known as Old Serpa. It is also known as the City of the Painted Stone, because at the entrance to its urban area there is a painted stone bearing an indigenous inscription in Tupi or Nheengatu: itá, meaning “stone”, and coatiara, meaning “painted, engraved, written, sculpted”, which gave rise to the city's current name. The city has important monuments, museums, parks, bathing resorts, theatres and an extensive calendar of events, highlighting the city's anniversary celebrated on 25 April, the Itacoatiara Song Festival (Fecani) in September and EXPOFEST in October. The city's emblematic landmark is Avenida Parque, inaugurated in 1928 and inspired by the famous Parisian avenue, the Champs-Élysées.

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