Iranduba

Iranduba is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas.

Iranduba
Municipality
Municipality of Iranduba
Iranduba near Solimões River
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Nickname(s): 
"Cidade das Chaminés" ("City of Chimneys")
Location of Jutaí in the State of Amazonas
Coordinates: 03°17′06″S 60°11′09″W
Country Brazil
RegionNorth
State Amazonas
Emancipated1981
Government
 • MayorRaymundo Nonato (PMDB)
Area
 • Total2,215.033 km2 (855.229 sq mi)
Elevation
92 m (302 ft)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total41,947
 • Density18.94/km2 (49.1/sq mi)
 [1]
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (DST no longer used)
Area code(s)+55 92
HDI (2000)0.694 – medium[2]
WebsiteManaus, Amazonas

The population of Iranduba in 2012 was 41,947 and its area is 2,215 km²,[3] making it the smallest municipality in Amazonas in terms of area. It is located south and west of Manaus 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 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. "2012 Populational Estimate" (PDF). Censo Populacional 2012. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  2. Archived 2009-10-03 at the Wayback Machine - UNDP
  3. IBGE - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-01-09. Retrieved 2014-08-03.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


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