The municipality 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. ==References==