Iranduba

Coordinates: 03°17′06″S 60°11′09″W / 3.28500°S 60.18583°W / -3.28500; -60.18583
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Iranduba
Municipality
Municipality of Iranduba
Iranduba near Solimões River
Iranduba near Solimões River
UTC−4 (AMT)
Area code+55 92
HDI (2000)0.694 – medium[2]
Websitewww.iranduba.am.gov.br

Iranduba is a

Brazilian state of Amazonas
.

The population of Iranduba in 2020 was 49,011 and its area is 2,215 km2,[3] making it the smallest municipality in Amazonas in terms of area.

Geography

The municiaplity is located south and west of

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 1,140,990 hectares (2,819,400 acres) sustainable use conservation unit that controls use of an area of Amazon rainforest along the Rio Negro above the junction with the Solimões River.[4] It also contains about 80% of the Rio Negro Sustainable Development Reserve, a 103,086 hectares (254,730 acres) 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.[5]

References

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. UNDP
  3. ^ IBGE - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-01-09. Retrieved 2014-08-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ APA Margem Direita do Rio Negro (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-26
  5. ^ RDS do Rio Negro (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-27