- Tabatinga
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name=TabatingaTabatinga is a municipality in the
Tres Fronteras area of NorthwesternBrazil . It is located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 45,293 (2007) [http://www.ibge.gov.br/cidadesat/xtras/perfil.php?codmun=130406 Data for Tabatinga] fromIBGE (in Portuguese)] and its area is 3,225 km².Together with the neighbouringColombian city of Leticia and thePeru vian city ofSanta Rosa , the urban area has more than 100,000 residents spread along theAmazon river The first Portuguese settlement in the area was founded in the 18th century as a military outpostcite_url|publisher=Portal Tabatinga|url=http://www.portaltabatinga.com.br/nossacidadeatual.htm|title=Nossa Cidade|language=Portuguese|accessdate=2008-02-07] . It became an autonomous municipality on
February 1 ,1983 . Formerly, it was part of the Municipality of Benjamin Constant.References
External links
* [http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-40142006000200014 Human mobility in the triple border of Peru, Colombia and Brazil] , Márcia Maria de Oliveira, São Paulo May/August 2006 (abstract in english, text in portuguese).
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