@williamburgess6358
Manaus is connected to the rest of Brazil by road. You just have to go through Venezuela to get there.
@idkissausername1667
when you make a crazy forward-settle in civ
@chinerpeton
The biggest cities being connected primarly via waterways was the norm until the widespread adoption of railways like 150 years ago. Manaus is just here honoring the old traditions.
@Qwertified108
Came in by overnight double decker bus from near Guyana. Someone picked me up in a speedboat and took me to a house just outside of Manaus to stay for the night. There were no roads to any of these houses in the river. Everything was done by river. We passed a few churches that were boats even. The next day I booked passage on a cargo ship. They did have a few rooms but I saved some money by booking a spot to hang my hammock instead. Was very peaceful. Saw a few pink river dolphins and caiman. No matter how remote we went, we'd find a house somewhere up river, with no roads leading to it. After 5 days I disembarked and took a motorcycle to the Bolivian border. Was a great experience. Hope those adventures aren't all behind me.
@chris98712
Your telling me theres no Amazon warehouse in the Amazon?
@noelricardomedina494
I went to Manaus as tourists in 2000 from my Venezuela, that was a pretty city, we pass only a one day and return to our country. All time in a regular car, I think that today it's the only road to reach Manaus. Cheers to Brazil
@bluegold1026
Which makes me question why the city was chosen to host matches at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Why? Just because?
@jucalebre7540
I live in Brazil, I went there to visit my uncle, its a nice city
@renanalves3684
Born in Manaus and lived here my whole life 🙋♂️ And by reading the comments, I see how ignorant people can be 🤯
@dericrimes3116
A boat trip down the Amazon would be dope
@aquelecara5629
Manaus is probably one of the most unique cities in the world. It is located in the heart of the Amazon and is located on the Rio Negro and Rio Amazonas rivers. It is the capital of the state of Amazonas and all its cities use the Amazon rivers as roads. The Amazon River is the longest river in the world and is 6,400 km long.
@swagit
The 319 connects Manaus to Porto Velho and the rest of brazil
@TheSpecialJ11
It's a pretty wild situation. If I had to guess why it is the way it is, if you're in one of the many little Amazonian towns along a river and want to access broader civilization, you'll go down river to the largest city around just like how a lot of river cities were settled in the United States. But because the Amazon basin is massive, hostile to city development, and Manaus is an ocean going port right at the confluence of the Rio Negro and the Amazon River, it gets all of the urban agglomeration economy instead of it being spread more evenly. Imagine if St Louis could be reached by freighters and it was really difficult to build Minneapolis, Chicago, and Kansas City, so instead those cities were tiny and all of their manufacturing and service economy jobs not supporting the surrounding area were just moved to St Louis.
@AD93whostreams
It was mad convenient during the time of Portuguese settling as it was easy to navigate all the way there to get Amazonian resources... Like nobody thinks of Minas Gerais as being close to the ocean but it was the easiest place with gold to navigate to from Belém through rivers Kinda insane really but remember us portuguese (and the Brazilian settlers, most of whom were also Portuguese at the time) really had a big attachment to boats and really fell off once steamers and railways became a thing
@c4esar
Manaus has a Free Economic Zone, where most of the "national" electronic products are made. But it has a high production and transportation cost. Because the resources used in manufacturing come from the city of São Paulo, and are transported through the port of the city of Santos to the port of the city of Belém and these resources are again transported by ferry to Manaus. In Manaus, They assemble electronics with a lower efficiency and sell them at a higher price to consumers in São Paulo and the rest of the country. To give you an idea, a television takes a few hours to be brought to the consumer market in São Paulo, while in Manaus it takes a few days.
@sanexpreso2944
Fun fact the Amazon is bigger than Europe without Russia, Europe without Russia is 6,100,000 km, the Amazon is 6,700,000 km
@thegreencompany2101
The Amazon; most important rainforest in the world!🌎💚
@warriorson7979
Pretty sure most people go UP the Amazon river to get to Manaus...not DOWN.🤔😒
@sammihaka2056
Manaus to the nearest metropolitan area = 1,200 KM or 750 Miles or almost the length of Mainland UK from Devon to Northern Scotland (1,400 KM or 870 Miles).
@Oglitched