[2] The name of the municipality honors João Batista de Figueiredo Tenreiro Aranha [pt], the first president of the province of Amazonas at the time of the empire.

The origins of the municipality are mainly related to Novo Airão and Itapiranga, since most of the territory that today is President Figueiredo was dismembered, as well as Manaus, whose neighborhood was an influential factor in the development of the region.

It is in 1955 that the dismemberment of Manaus takes place, being constituted the Autonomous municipality of Novo Airão.

In parallel, in 1952 was created the municipality of Itapiranga, counting in its area with the current village of Balbina [pt].

[3] It contains part of the 938,720 hectares (2,319,600 acres) Uatumã Biological Reserve, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 2002.