Iranduba Explained

Iranduba
Settlement Type:Municipality
Official Name:Municipality of Iranduba
Nickname:"Cidade das Chaminés" ("City of Chimneys")
Mapsize:250px
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Brazil
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name: Brazil
Subdivision Name1:North
Subdivision Name2: Amazonas
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Raymundo Nonato (PMDB)
Established Title:Emancipated
Established Date:1981
Area Total Km2:2215.033
Population As Of:2020
Population Note:[1]
Population Total:49,011
Population Density Km2:18.94
Timezone:AMT
Utc Offset:-4
Coordinates:-3.285°N -60.1858°W
Elevation M:92
Area Code:+55 92
Postal Code Type:Postal Code
Website:www.iranduba.am.gov.br
Blank Name:HDI (2000)
Blank Info:0.694 – medium[2]

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 km2,[3] making it the smallest municipality in Amazonas in terms of area.

Geography

The municiaplity 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 sustainable use conservation unit that controls use of an area of Amazon rainforest 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.

Notes and References

  1. https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/am/iranduba/panorama IBGE 2020
  2. http://www.pnud.org.br/atlas/ranking/IDH-M%2091%2000%20Ranking%20decrescente%20(pelos%20dados%20de%202000).htm
  3. [Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics|IBGE]