Iranduba is a
municipality located in the
Brazilian state of
Amazonas.
The population of Iranduba in 2020 was 49,011 and its area is 2,215 km
2, making it the smallest municipality in Amazonas in terms of area.
Geography
The municiaplity is located south and west of
Manaus
Manaus () is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. It is the seventh-largest city in Brazil, with an estimated 2020 population of 2,219,580 distributed over a land area of about . Located at the east center of the s ...
on the right bank of the
Rio Negro and the left bank of the
Solimões River. It is connected to Manaus by the
Manaus Iranduba Bridge, a cable-stayed bridge which opened in 2011.
The municipality contains about 21% of the
Rio Negro Right Bank Environmental Protection Area, a sustainable use conservation unit that controls use of an area of
Amazon rainforest
The Amazon rainforest, Amazon jungle or ; es, Selva amazónica, , or usually ; french: Forêt amazonienne; nl, Amazoneregenwoud. In English, the names are sometimes capitalized further, as Amazon Rainforest, Amazon Forest, or Amazon Jungle. ...
along the
Rio Negro above the junction with the
Solimões River.
It also contains about 80% of the
Rio Negro Sustainable Development Reserve, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2008 in an effort to stop
deforestation in the area, which is threatened due to its proximity to Manaus.
References
Municipalities in Amazonas (Brazilian state)
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