Manaus - ClearSpot score: 100%

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About this place: Manaus

Manaus (Portuguese: ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. It is the seventh-largest city in Brazil, with an estimated 2024 population of 2,279,686 distributed over a land area of about 11,401 km2 (4,402 sq mi). Located at the east centre of the state, the city is the centre of the Manaus metropolitan area and the largest metropolitan area in the North Region of Brazil by urban landmass. It is situated near the confluence of the Negro and Amazon rivers. It is one of the two cities in the Amazon rainforest with a population of over 1 million people, alongside Belém. The city was founded in 1669 as the Fort of São José do Rio Negro. It was elevated to a town in 1832 with the name of "Manaus", an altered spelling of the indigenous Manaós peoples, and legally transformed into a city on October 24, 1848, with the name of Cidade da Barra do Rio Negro, Portuguese for "The City of the Margins of the Black River". On September 4, 1856, it returned to the name "Manaus". Manaus is located in the center of the Amazon rainforest, and home to the National Institute of Amazonian Research, being the most important center for scientific studies in the Amazon region and for international sustainability issues. It was known at the beginning of the century as Heart of the Amazon and City of the Forest. Its main economic engine is the Industrial Park of Manaus, a Free Economic Zone. The city has a free port and an international airport. Its manufactures include electronics, chemical products, and soap; there are distilling and ship construction industries. Manaus exports Brazil nuts, rubber, jute, and rosewood oil. It has a cathedral, the Amazon Theatre opera house, zoological and botanical gardens, an eco-park, and regional and native peoples museums. The Solimões and Negro rivers meet just east of Manaus and join to form the Amazon River (using the Brazilian definition of the river; elsewhere, Solimões is considered the upper part of the Amazon). Rubber made it the richest city in South America during the late 1800s. Rubber helped Manaus earn its nickname, the Paris of the Tropics. Many wealthy European families settled in Manaus and brought their love for sophisticated European art, architecture, and culture with them. Manaus was one of the twelve Brazilian host cities of the 2014 World Cup, as...

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Key facts: Manaus

  • ClearSpot score: 100% (all clear)
  • Country: Brazil
  • Population: 2,219,580
  • Main environmental signal: mixed signals
  • Wind turbines nearby: None documented within default radius
  • Data last updated:

ClearSpot score

100%

Based on available open data, Manaus shows low modelled environmental pressure across all tracked modules at default ClearSpot sensitivity thresholds.

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Environmental indicators

Module Score What this means
Wind turbines 0% Wind turbine data shows no documented installations within the default 1.5 km sensitivity radius for this location.
Pollen 0% No significant pollen pressure detected within default ClearSpot thresholds for the current reference period.
Air quality 0% No air quality pressure detected within default ClearSpot thresholds for this location.
Noise 0% No major strategic noise sources are documented within default ClearSpot sensitivity thresholds for this location.
Light pollution 0% Light pollution data shows no significant radiance pressure within default ClearSpot thresholds for this location.

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FAQ - Manaus

Is this place healthy to live?

ClearSpot rates Manaus at 100% (all clear). No significant environmental pressure detected. The score aggregates air quality, noise, light pollution, pollen, and proximity to wind turbines and other infrastructure. Use the live map to check a specific address within the city.

What is air quality like here?

Manaus scores 0% on ClearSpot's air quality module. This is derived from monthly averages of PM2.5, PM10, NO2, ozone, and carbon monoxide from open government monitoring data. No documented exceedance of WHO 2021 guidelines was detected in the reference period.

Are there wind turbines nearby?

Documents no wind turbines near Manaus according to ClearSpot's database. Pressure score: 0% at default settings. Note that data coverage varies by country - see the wind data guide for source reliability in Brazil.

How noisy is it?

According to ClearSpot's noise model, Manaus scores 0% noise burden. No major strategic noise sources are mapped within the default sensitivity radius. This is a strategic-level estimate - actual noise on any given street will vary significantly.

Manaus - Brazil

Nationally, Manaus sits at rank 1/5732 in Brazil's ClearSpot environmental scoreboard. It currently leads the national ranking.

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