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Amazonas
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Amazonas (äməzō`nəs), state (1996 pop. 2,390,102), 604,032 sq mi (1,564,445 sq km), NW Brazil. The capital is Manaus Manaus , city (1996 pop. 1,158,265), capital of Amazonas state, NW Brazil, on the Rio Negro. It is the chief commercial and cultural center of the upper Amazon region and an important river port, with floating docks that can accommodate oceangoing vessels, including
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Amazonas
a state of W Brazil, consisting of the central Amazon basin: vast areas of unexplored tropical rainforest. Capital: Manaus. Pop.: 2 961 801 (2002). Area: 1 542 277 sq. km (595 474 sq. miles)


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Wallace Souza, who is also a former state legislator, turned himself in to police in the Amazonas state capital of Manaus on Friday, officials said.
Brazil police arrest wanted TV host by Aljazeera.net
He started "Canal Livre" in the 1990s on a local station in the capital of Brazil's largely lawless Amazonas state.
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Amazonas state police intelligence chief Thomaz Vasconcelos said investigators believe Souza "had crimes committed to generate news for his programme".
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