It is located 10 km straight line north or about 40 km by water from the Amazon River, 200 kilometres (120 mi) east of Manaus (almost halfway between that city and the Amazonas-Pará state border).

Its population was 9,230 (2020)[1] and its area is 3,749 square kilometres (1,447 sq mi).

It was established in 1660 (some sources say 1663) as a Jesuit Indian mission, the aldea of Santa Cruz.

It was abandoned a year later when Jesuits were evicted from the area for failure to cooperate with Portuguese slave raiders.

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