Why Brazil Built a City in the Middle of the Amazon 

That's the origin of many cities, not only in Brazil but all around the world .

Wish it wasn’t there

@@jackyex I think its more specific to the new world (excluding sizable native cities like Tenochtitlan/Mexico City), while old world cities often started as villages, where the fortifications followed later.

Rio de Janeiro only exists because the French tried to conquer the region

​@@Tahoe756V?

The forces of economics make humans do weird things sometimes

​@@KhAnubisEconomy is at its core, the science & phenomenon of resource management after all. Where resources are found, beings would flock to in no time, no matter how weird it'd seem in the natural world.

I disagree, Manaus just aren't very logistically good because of the weather that rains a lot and is bad to build things and etc. But a equatorial forest is better for life than a desert of ice or sand. People could live from the giant fruits that grow there, the rivers give them infinit amount of fish and other sea food. They have infinite wood to build things...

Anchorage is far, far more habitable than Phoenix. :P

What economic factors? Ok I get that Alaska has resources but what the hell is there in phoenix ?

steppes are easier to settle and expand

@@hotman_pt_But jungles have much more water

@@thomasgrabkowski8283 yes, but there are no nutrients in the soil to feed any crops. You would need to fertilize the land, which is very expensive

"nothing" is litteraly millions of species of fauna and flora, indigenous tribes and so many things that people ignores

​@@hotman_pt_não tem nutrientes no solo? Nitrato, fosfato, potássio, ferro, e etc são o que? A floresta germinou com técnica indígena como da terra preta e isso há milhares de anos. Não tem nada, cada uma...

It's actually impressive how a rubber-boomtown managed to grow to a industrial giant with millions of residents. Why didn't the same thing happen in the Northeast, anyway?

Well I thought there was as reason why large companies like Samsung and Siemens would settle there

@@MugroofAmeen The industrial policy was driven by Brazil's military, to reinforce control of the borders. The northeast was not considered so problematic from a defense standpoint. The weakest point in brazil's defense is considered to be the north, where the amazon is, specially the border with the french guyana. So the industrial policy made sense to bring people over there and develop industrial capabilities in there made logistic sense for the military.

​@@finalcut302 Especially considering it was in the Cold War, and even tho our relations with the french got considerably better (after the incidents before the military coup), we of course were still skeptical about their large presence in French Guyana. Also, 1964 was the same year of the foundation of the Farcs; another great concern for reforcing defense in the North.

"healthy doses of federal investment and tax incentives" that is exactly what the Zona Franca is. He says that at 4:10. He just didn't went into the exact details.

Pois é sao habitantes nativos daqui mesmo é mestiço com os portugueses alguns africanos.

Peru and Colombia also have cities upriver like Leticia and Iquitos.

There's also big cities in Siberia, still smaller than Manaus, but not that far off.

@@maelys8851yep like novosibirsk or Chelyabinsk(moreso Ural region) or Vladivostok

Being from Jamaica you would probably need just few flight connections from Kingston to Manaus.

I live in Manaus since two months. It is truly a crazy city. :D You should come and visit.

Perth, Honolulu and Ulamabatar are other exemples

Dude this city is HOT

@@leorusso2480 i bet! 😳

If you ever live in Manaus you will start believing 25°C is cols

The picture of the chained people is actually from the Peru, where local Amazonian indigenous communities were also enslaved and exploited in rubber plantations in the early 1900s. The picture was taken by American engineer Walter Hardenburg, who denounced the atrocities against local communities in the Amazonas in a book titled The Devil's Paradise. For some reason, that picture was used in the thumbnail for a documentary about the genocide of the Uruguayan Charrua people, which were mostly massacred in 1831 with survivors being forced to assimilate. As far as I know, there are no photographs of them, only engravings and there certainly weren't enslaved indigenous peoples wearing chains in Uruguay by the time photographs were a thing (it's not that Uruguayan elites were any better, it's just that they didn't have plantations that would benefit from that).

@@taimunozhan I dont remenber something about the last Charuas being sended to a human zoo in france.

Mata atlantica não é "rainforest", uma porção dela é temperada e ainda tem uma parte de mata árida na caatinga.

​@@eduardopupuconmas aí não é mais mata atlântica, se torna a vegetação de transição do agreste e o bioma caatinga propriamente dito

Mas é mais difícil certamente a colonização na amazonia, já que a nossa floresta equatorial é muito mais densa que a atlântica

well, following that logic, so was the whole of europe and north america at some point, lol

​@@finalcut302thanks for pointing that! Brazil's like the only place were big forests are still preserved, while european/usa forests went almost completely devastated. But for a lot of internet people the problem with forest devastation in the world is somehow caused by Brazil...?

LOL

Best comment!

Can you explain why did he say that I'm not into the brazilian lore hahaha

​@@josev.216Acre doesnt exist, it is an illusion.

@@josev.216 Acre is the most "far" state from the "mainstream" cities (Brasília, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), and has it's own timezone So, brazilian joke that "the country doesn't exist", "people use dinosaurs instead of cars", "internet is via vines", etc This meme had a lot of popularity aprox. 2010-2017, these jokes are decreasing, since the state is improving and they are offering super-high salaries for people to work there

Keyword, it being the capital city of the State of Amazonas

Why do you need to clarify that? The video literally says that.

Of course. But others are too small, to be considered about their economic factors.

@@corey2232 right xD

Bruh don’t forget my city Belém

Postou cringe fi

​@@u3u36 Ele não falou nada demais

​@@u3u36lá vem os cara 🙄

Cool I live in Manaus

Opaa

Hi there!

Thank you.

E os trouxas monetizando o canal do gringo...

@@luizcdocarmo Inveja é igual ácido. Corrói até a alma. Cuidado, Luiz do Carmo, cuidado...

It's a good video when KhAnubis talks about a place in the world

The Latin America videos I’ve been making seem to be the ones that get the most views

@@KhAnubis Ah, it's that. Gotta love a large demographic :)

​@@KhAnubisNot many english-speaking channels make videos talking about Latin America in specific. That's why when recommended by the RU-vid algorithm to users these videos significantly stand out. It doesn't necessarily mean they are well-informed though.

@@KhAnubisYeah I really enjoy your South America videos!

Thank you, i was scouring google for any reference to the joke but this comment helped the most. Wildly interesting.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wickham_(explorer)#Smuggling_of_rubber_seeds

@@TrueBlueKangaroo Its Brazil's Wyoming or Alaska, the most isolated state, having a road inaugurated only recently.

Isn't Ederson from Acre?

@@dinkopausic6357 Who?

not really. the name for this poor urban gridding is indeed favela (slum). half of all you manaoaras is 'favelado'. sorry for saying, just the hard truth.

​​​@@limbicferretnot really. Favela is a word that is indeed translated to slum, but it has a regional touch and context that is lost in translation. So in Manaus we do have slums but we don't have favelas, we have palafitas and invasões (roughly translated as "invasions" since they are illegally occupied areas). Also, just as favelas, they are far from representing half our neighborhoods.

​@@limbicferretTroll identified

​@@cls2518Yes, the favelas are more a term for poor houses in mounts

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't 'favela' specifically means 'slums built in hills' rather than regilar slums?

A Bridge in the River would only take into account the flood season stats, therefor would be the Biggest Bridge in Brazil topping off the Salvador-Itaparica Bridge (whom stands alone in the leadership at 14.7KM long)

​@@lazlo107The Salvador-Itaparica bridge doesn't even exist.

Brazil has a bridge so long that it ends in the european union.

@@C0lon0 the oiapoque's bridge isn't so long....

@@lazlo107that Salvador bridge does not exist and it’s not planned to be this lenght but actually slightly smaller than Rio - Niterói bridge (13km)

Manaus is the only one among those you mentioned that is in the middle of a huge equatorial forest, and if you include cities that are in the Amazon of neighboring countries, Manaus is the largest city in this entire area, there is only Belém that competes with Manaus, but Belém is on the coast, at the mouth of the Amazon River, and therefore Manaus has a more strategic location, more centralized in the largest equatorial forest on the planet.

I only know about Alice Springs because it was the only thing on google maps that happened to be smack in the middle of Australia

Porto Alegre is historically more important than Manaus? I guess not. Manaus history is definitely richer and reached international status during the rubber cycle in the Amazon. Only people from the Southern states would try to discredit the importance of northern cities.

​@@RonneWesleyforçou, porto alegre sempre foi uma das cidades mais ricas do Brasil.

​@@u3u36Manaus é literalmente a quinta cidade mais rica do Brasil amor kkkkk

Manaus continua tendo mais população,ter que incluír área metropolitana já mostra a dor de cotovelo kkkk

@@robertsouza1929 nenhuma cidade do mundo é medida a partir da população do MUNICÍPIO, que é uma divisão administrativa/política. Pq eu teria dor de cotovelo de Manaus?

To reach the rest of the country, take BR 319

the BR101 is bad enough

​@paulosilasdesigner.oficial it's a dirt track which for most of the year turns to mud during to the rain and can take a week to travel.

Ofc

Vira lata kkkkk

@@yoshiro566 Ele falou alguma mentira? Sou de Manaus e não sabia de tanta informação

Mentiu em nada. Como Manauara, já perdi a conta da quantidade de asneira que ouvi vindo da boca de brasileiros sem a menor ideia da complexidade das formações urbanas do Norte, e até vindo de gente com "formação universitário". Até a mídia nacional faz um péssimo trabalho expondo conceitos amazônicos pras demais regiões. Estrangeiros ao menos não partem de conclusões preconceituosas de imediato ao supunhetar o que tem por aqui, a completa ignorância (no bom sentido) deles os protege de vim com um "Aí chove TODO dia mesmo é?" ou "O pessoal anda de cara pintada na rua mesmo é??".

Ocean going ships go all the way to Peru, the city of Iquitos, on the Amazon.

Every year, Transatlantics dock in Manaus with tourists.

Fun fact: I actually had another take where I pronounced the name of the fortress, but I though it would be funnier if I just said "uh... this"

worth it lol

@@KhAnubis SOW zho-SE

I live in Manaus

O problema de Manuas são os grupos criminosos, parceiros do PT, que existem por aí!

Não esperava ver um manauara por aqui também kkk abraços 🤝

​@@thediaryofnapoleonSou também também mas cresci em Brasília kkk

Colega, também sou daqui e discordo que 50% da cidade seria só favela, vou falar minha percepção como alguém que roda a cidade inteira como babá plantonista e trabalho em muitas famílias de classe média alta a ricas. Os bairros residenciais de luxo e de apartamentos parecem ter uma menor quantidade de aptos e casas, mas eles eles ocupam uma área muuuito grande, com bastante vegetação inclusive (Alphaville que o diga), enquanto que bairros com pessoas de menor poder aquisitivo (sei lá, ouro verde por exemplo, a última vez que passei nesse bairro eu era criança então pode tá diferente) tem mais casas em menor área, tudo muito junto, e tbm conheço outros bairros sem ser a trabalho, só aqui em Manaus já morei em 11 casas (contanto com Boa vista e Santarém 17, graças ao meu pai com alma de cigano), diria que a cidade tem área de uns 35% de favela, se considerar bairros tumultuados como favela (tipo alvorada, ouro verde, compensa, cidade nova, mas mesmo nesses bairros tem algumas partes com casas boas), eu considero todas as colônias como favelas, embora a maioria das casas sejam de tijolos e tenham acesso a energia e água, como são bairros com muito tráfico e pobreza extrema e violência, pra mim já é favela. Minha percepção é que a maior parte da cidade é de bairros de classe média baixa e classe média "média", e devem ser os maiores em densidade populacional tbm, o tanto que tem de carro nessa cidade não é de gente rica obviamente, minha família sempre teve carro, e nunca chegou perto de ser classe média alta (afinal se fosse, nem como babá eu estaria trabalhando kk apesar de eu amar crianças e cuidar delas ter a ver com a minha formação de fato, é desgastante trabalhar pra rico, só trabalho porque preciso no momento), então assim, essa grande quantidade de carros pertencem tudo a pessoas classe média "média" né não? E essas obviamente não moram em favelas, em segundo lugar acredito que os maiores bairros seriam os bairros ricos porém ele só são grandes em área e contanto com a área comercial, tipo Adrianópolis e Vieiralves (porém são os menos populosos); e em terceiro lugar viriam as"favelas", os locais com palafitas são bem menores que as colônias por exemplo. Mas a única colônia que já fui foi a Antônio Aleixo, que parece literalmente outra cidade, parece estar separada de Manaus já que é depois do distrito industrial. A única região de Manaus que acho que nunca fui, olhando no Mapa seria a Asa Azul, nem sabia que existia até surgir um trabalho de babá pra lá, mas era longe de mais pra mim, e pelas fotos do google não consegui distinguir que tipo de bairro é, mas pareceu grande, se ele for tipo uma colônia, então aí realmente vou concordar com você em partes, pq na real acho que Manaus tem bairros pobres, porém bairro pobre é muito diferente de uma colônia ou de uma favela paulista e carioca por exemplo, já estive no Rio e a extensão delas é enorme, não tem comparação com as de Manaus. Esse assunto é interessante, vou perguntar da minha amiga que é formada em geografia pra ver o que ela acha, se eu lembrar de volta aqui conto o que ela acha kk

Só nos gigantescos estados do N e CO 700km poderia ser considerado perto

@@latitude23S hasdhahsdhds

I live in Manaus the city is so big that we don't feel isolated and have others city passing the bridge

The industrial boom that caused Manaus' population to grow and stay this big (and also caused most of it's many problems) is due to a near 100% tax examption for industries and business installed in a 10000 kilometer square area around it. There are some 600 reasonable sized bussiness around there because of this. This policy was enacted in 1967, for 30 years, but has been reinstated up to 2073. It also helps that naval shipping can come from the ocean rigth up to the industrial basin to load, pretty much tax free.

Essas corporações foram incentivadas pelo governo. Isso foi interessante para fixar à população em Manaus e diminuir a exploração da floresta dando trabalho para as pessoas.

You're alaskan, you wanting them or not is your problem and doesn't matter. Of course, we need to strive for more ambientalist measures, but Manaus is a keypoint in our economy.

​@@braziliantsar Amazônia deve se separar do Brasil, nós cansamos de ser escravos do nordeste, sul e sudeste

🤣🤣🤣

Não, não é. O Rio Amazonas é considerado o "maior rio do mundo", não o mais longo. É o "maior" em vazão de água, mas em extensão é o segundo mais longo. O rio Nilo tem o título de mais longo rio do mundo.

Never heard of that place, nor someone who went or (alledgedly) came from that place. This is the same crazyness to say that Celso Portiolli DID NOT had any involvement with 9/11

@@lazlo107 I (alledgedly) have been there before the pandemics and I can (alledgedly) say it exists 🤣

🤣🤣🤣

Acre doesn't exist

Really?cool

lol thats unexpected

You've probably seen Manaus

Thank you! But technically, Solimões and Amazonas are the same river.

Same River

Não.

@@abnerneves Yes.

​@@anacletwilliams8315vou deixar claro. NÃO.

Brazilian meme lore

Acre is a state in Brazil, it has a small population and its kinda isolated. Kinda like Wyoming for the U.S I think

@@Tangerin4r not like Wyoming, which has a busy interstate highway and close proximity to the metropolitan areas of Salt Lake City and Denver, and the busy National Parks of Yellowstone and Grand Teton. Perhaps more like Alaska, though with its 2.25 million yearly visitors... perhaps not. There's really no US state which can compare. Acre is unique.

Well, adding to the public spending roaster 1governor, 1 vice-governor, 3 senators, 6 suplemnts, IDK how many congressman, double theyr number in suplemnts, A WHOLE NEW STATE JUDICIARY SISTEM WITH ALL THE 6 COURTS NEEDED, all of the state's Secretaries, theyr vice-secretaries, theyr subordinates, the list goes on, and on and on... to a state that is not in the best of financial situations even before the split, let alone after losing a substantial part of its tax income, does not seem to be feaseble. OR SURVIVABLE They would be under the largest public debt OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY even before existing for real.

Definitely. Only the development avoids poor people to destroy the forest.

The amazon is not just a tropical rainforest, it's a equatorial rainforest, wich means it is even harder to build a city. Rio de Janeiro is at a area that was a tropical rainforest until it was deforestated, but the vegetation in the Amazon is a lot more dense than in the Rio de Janeiro (Mata atlântica biome)

The period that led to the northern region expansion was the WW2, with the extraction of rubber. The government even called the voluntaries "Rubber Soldiers", you can search that. Also, in 1970 during the Military dictatorship, the government created a plan to colonize the Amazon. "The government was able to mobilize nationalist sentiment, neutralizing the nationalist left while remaining basically cosmopolitan in character, since even this colonization of the Amazon would involve massive foreign participation. (Otávio Velho - researcher) ". This plan was know as "Programa de Integração Nacional (PIN)" - The slogan of this Program as "Land without Men for Men without Land".

@@Tangerin4r The rubber was extracted since 1870s and since that decade amazon started to grow

Well, with the city located in a place that is hot and humid as the devil's ballsack, no wonder the place is indeed in need of an exorcism.

Realy ?

lol cool af man