Tefé is a city and a municipality

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 in the state of Amazonas in Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

. Its population was 70,809 as of 2005 and its area is 23,704 km². It is located about 500 km to the west of Manaus

Manaus

Manaus is a city in Brazil, the capital of the state of Amazonas. It is situated at the confluence of the Negro and Solimões rivers. It is the most populous city of Amazonas, according to the statistics of Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, and is a popular ecotourist destination....

 on the south bank of the Rio Solimões.

Tefé was founded by missionaries as Nogueira in the 18th century and also called Ega at one time, it lies on the right (south) bank of the portion of the Amazon River

Amazon River

The Amazon of South America is the second longest river in the world and by far the largest by waterflow with an average discharge greater than the next seven largest rivers combined...

 known as the Solimões, on the lake formed by the mouth of the Tefé River

Tefé River

Tefé River is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. It is a tributary of the Amazon, which it meets at the city of Tefé.-References:*...

. The city is the home of the Territorial Prelature of Tefé

Territorial Prelature of Tefé

The Territorial Prelature of Tefé is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the city of Tefé in the Ecclesiastical province of Manaus in Brazil.-History:* On May 23, 1910, the Apostolic Prefecture of Tefé was founded from the Diocese of Amazonas...

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There are no roads into Tefé and the only access is by river boat or plane. By fast boat it is about 12 hours from Manaus

Manaus

Manaus is a city in Brazil, the capital of the state of Amazonas. It is situated at the confluence of the Negro and Solimões rivers. It is the most populous city of Amazonas, according to the statistics of Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, and is a popular ecotourist destination....

. TRIP Linhas Aereas

TRIP Linhas Aereas

TRIP Linhas Aéreas S/A is a domestic regional airline based in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.According to the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil in October 2011 Trip had 3.81% of the domestic market share in terms of passengers per kilometre flown.-History:The airline was established in 1998...

 operate flights from Manaus

Eduardo Gomes International Airport

Brigadeiro Eduardo Gomes-Manaus International Airport , is the main airport serving Manaus, Brazil. It is named after the Brazilian politician and military figure Air Marshall Eduardo Gomes ....

 to Tefé Airport

Tefé Airport

Tefé Airport is the airport serving Tefé, Brazil.It is operated by Infraero.-Airlines and destinations:-Accident:*14 May 2004: Rico Linhas Aéreas flight 4815 operated by the Embraer EMB 120ER Brasília registration PT-WRO, en route from Tefé to Manaus crashed in the forest at about 18 nm from...

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Tefé is also the major starting point for trips into the Mamiraua Reserve.