Tonantins

Tonantins is a municipality in Amazonas, in northwest Brazil. Its populace was 17,079 as of 2005, all of which had been Brazilians. It is at the Amazon River and is 867 km upstream of Manaus, the state capital. The municipality is at once east of and overlaps components of the Jutai-Solimoes Ecological Station. It is simplest accessible through boat. The temperature is almost constantly among 23 ranges Celsius and 31 ranges Celsius. It is a rainforest humid weather, and the wet season lasts 8.5 months according to year, from mid-October to June.

The primary financial system is subsistence agriculture. The primary product is cassava, accompanied with the aid of beans, rice, and corn. The settlement dates to 1814, whilst a church became hooked up on the bank of the river. The agreement became initially part of Tefe. On December 1, 1938, Tonantins become made a part of Sao Paulo de Olivenca. On December 19, 1955, Tonantins changed into made a part of Santo Antonio do Ica. On December 10, 1981, it become separated to shape its very own jurisdiction. Tonantins changed into formally integrated on July 2, 1985.