Silves
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Vinony's link graph records 70 inbound references to Silves, and connects out to North Region, federative unit of Brazil and Brazil.
The entry is geolocated on the map in BR.
It is catalogued under the topic Municipalities in Amazonas (Brazilian state).
Vinony links it to 28 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Region
- North
- State
- Amazonas
- Total
- 3,749 km (1,447 sq mi)
- Density
- 2.4/km (6.2/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC−4 ( AMT )
- Climate
- Af
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Brazil
- Demonym
- silvense
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Amazonas
- Population
- 5703
- Area
- 3748.833
- Elevation
- 80
- Shares border with
- Itapiranga
- Dialing code
- 92
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- Commons category
- Silves (Amazonas)
- Human Development Index
- 0.632
- electorate
- 7243
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Encyclopedic overview
Silves or Ilha de Silves is an island municipality in the state of Amazonas, northern Brazil. It is located 10 km straight line north or about 40 km by water from the Amazon River, 200 kilometres (120 mi) east of Manaus (almost halfway between that city and the Amazonas-Pará state border). Its population was 9,230 (2020) and its area is 3,749 square kilometres (1,447 mi).
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Silves” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.